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StephJohn2010
Explorer
Apr 30, 2019

New Tires, should the lug nuts have a re-tighening check?

I'm getting new tires for my motorhome. The tire guy said it is not necessary to run motorhome 50 or 100 miles and then come back for a lug nut tightness check. I've thought I've heard that you shou...
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valhalla360
Navigator
May 02, 2019
Dale.Traveling wrote:
Wouldn't hurt but difficult to do on a motorhome with 22.5" wheels considering the torque requirement is several hundred pounds.


Obviously, proper torque is best but if you put a lug wrench on them and they don't budge, you are probably fine.

If you put the lug wrench on and it turns...tighten them as best you can and then take it back to the tire shop for proper torque...but then again I've yet to see a tire shop break out the torque wrench.

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