Almost lost a wheel

[solardude]

This is surprising as most of the time it seems the bolts are too tight... I see almost all commercial buses have indicators on the lug nuts now. Those would be nice to have. Does anyone know where to get them?

Good thinking on the double check/ walk around!

SD

[sledhead]

this is the wrench I have . it is 48 " long and works in forward and in reverse . I made a stand out of some 3/4 " plywood to support the extension at the head of the wrench .

works great

https://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/3-4-in-dr-click-type-torque-wrench/A-p8654022e;jsessionid=LZ7l5DwDT0d9bcJ0gFHa46-p.pal-prod-com3   

it was on sale for $199.00 when I got it

dave

[belfert]

Brian, thank you for posting this thread.   I checked my wheels this evening, and guess what  -  the wheel whose tire was replaced a year or so ago by a local commercial tire dealer had a few nuts that snugged down a tiny bit more.   The other wheels were all OK.   I just bounced my 170 lbs on the end of my 40" breaker bar to give me about 500 lb/ft.   I'm going this weekend to the tenth Buses Gone Wild shindig for Crownaholics and other similarly afflicted busnuts, so I'm glad I checked now.

Mine were not just a little loose.  Some of them were loose enough to spin by hand and they required a number of turns just to get them finger tight.

[Fred Mc]

A number of years ago I actually had both left side duals come off at highway speed.  @ wheel nuts were broken.It was an iterfesting ride.

Earlier this spring I had all 4 rear tires replaced and the tire shop told me to drive it for a few days and bring it back for re-torquing. When I brought it back I didn't even have to shut off the engine.2 guys came our and re -torqued everything.Took about 5 minutes.