Ball Loosened, Use Loctite?
From time to time my son or I have to tow bar his 1946 Chevrolet 2 ton rack truck. He uses it for his food catering business. Being it is old it breaks down once a year. So when booked to do a p...
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Durb wrote:
To all the naysayers maybe an experiment is in order. Put your stinger in your receiver and torque the nut down to say 200 ft-lbs while pushing down on the wrench. Then jack up the receiver so that it is solid to the ground. Don't readjust the wrench and re-torque. The nut will move slightly further tightening the fastener.
Try this do not jack up the receiver but leave it as it was and re-torque the nut. Most likely you will get the same result with the nut will move slightly. That is why I always re-torque lug nuts twice.
