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Work Vehicle.

So, you have just had new tyres fitted to your work vehicle wheels by a tyre company.


Q.What is the first thing that you should now do?


A. Check that you can undo the wheel nuts/bolts so that you can change a wheel if you have a puncture.


My work vehicle had 4 new tyres fitted a few months ago. I have had a squeaky wheel so I though that I would attend to the brakes as I thought that they were binding. The wheel bolts had been tightened so much that I broke the locking wheel bolt  key of the locking wheel bolts. I have used that key many times before and it has been fine. The tyre company had really overtightened the wheel bolts when fitting the new tyres. I managed to get the locking wheel bolt off after about an hour with much difficulty. You don't want to be out one cold dark winter night with a puncture only to find that you can't get your flat tyre changed.


A video for the very patient.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-dr38wV7nA


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  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    That’s because the tyre monkeys always use their little air wrench to tighten up your wheel nuts, regardless of the manufacturers recommended torque settings, plus you should NEVER use an air wrench to tighten up the locking wheel nuts.
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  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    That’s because the tyre monkeys always use their little air wrench to tighten up your wheel nuts, regardless of the manufacturers recommended torque settings, plus you should NEVER use an air wrench to tighten up the locking wheel nuts.
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