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dennyida
Explorer
Jul 26, 2015

close call

Hi to all from Denny and Ida, I wanted to post this just to let everyone know to check everything "EVEN LUG NUTS" when you are about to go on a trip. My wife and I were going to our favorite camp ground when I noticed a vibration on the back end of my Dodge. I looked everything over at the camp ground but could not fond any reason for the vibration. The next day I decided to take the truck down to a repair shop near the camp ground and asked if they would check it over thinking I would be paying for a new set of "U" joints or something far more serious like a bad rear end. The repair shop called me up and asked if I had some one work on my truck? I told him that I just had new tires put on the truck before we left to go camping. He stated to me "YOU ARE SO LUCKY", the left back wheel on the truck was loose. It turns out four out of five lug nuts were loose causing the wheel to vibrate. NOT A GOOD THING WHEN I'M PULLING A 5TH WHEEL. We just got home from camping so I need to go down and voice my displeasure at the tire store. MY wife told me one thing, DON'T LOOSE YOUR TEMPER !!!! thank's for letting me vent on this forum. We will see you on the road, Denny and Ida
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  • j-d's avatar
    j-d
    Explorer II
    Jul 26, 2015
    Yes, check Every Lug Nut. But remember this -

    - Tandem trailers, whether travel or fiver type, get turned so hard that the tires scrub. This isn't easy on any of the components, but it also tends to loosen the lug nuts

    - Especially on Driver Side, towing action tends to tighten passenger side and loosen driver side. Vehicles used to have left handed threads on left/driver side and most no longer do. Translates to extra care needed on our part
  • korbe's avatar
    korbe
    Explorer
    Jul 26, 2015
    When I have my tires swapped of our local tire shop, I always watch the "kid" tork the nuts. For that very reason.
  • Dog_Folks's avatar
    Dog_Folks
    Explorer
    Jul 26, 2015
    Trust but verify. When we purchased our trailer we towed it about 35 miles from the dealer to home.

    Checked the lug nut torque: At least three out of five of every wheel on the brand new trailer were finger loose!!!!

    We check ours before every trip and when doing extended traveling, we check them once a week. It is easy, and free.

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