ron.dittmer wrote:
Wow, I never check them, never thought of doing so on any vehicle I own.
That's because the recommendation to do so is not because a properly installed wheel with properly torqued lugs has the propensity to come loose on it's own, it's to lower the chance that an improperly installed or torqued wheel has enough time to come completely loose and cause damage or an accident. Or in more rare instances, a part or hardware has been over stressed, received physical damage or out lived it's useful life span, thus causing a condition.
For tire shops, it's a liability protection thing. "We told you to check the lugs 50 miles later...but ya didn't. Claim denied."
For private parties, it's a good thing to do to ensure the same thing. Didn't leave a lug loose or whatever.
To check lug nuts or bolts "regularly" is just paranoia or lack of comprehension. If you check your RV lugs weekly, do you check the toad weekly, the wife's Buick, the kid's car? Think about it.
And yes if you're worried about it, installing tattle-tales is way easier to check than hitting 64 lug nuts with a wrench "regularly."
