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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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    Personally I have owned and been responsible for many vehicles over the years, and have NEVER had a wheel nut come loose even by using just the car maker's small hand wheel brace/wrench supplied with the jack. I have removed and replaced dozens of car and van wheels. These wheel brace/wrenches are only ever about 12 to 18 inches long. Sometimes they may require a foot to help to remove a stubborn wheel nut, but hand tight is normally good enough. Over torquing wheel nuts can stretch the studs and cause untold misery.


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    Personally I have owned and been responsible for many vehicles over the years, and have NEVER had a wheel nut come loose even by using just the car maker's small hand wheel brace/wrench supplied with the jack. I have removed and replaced dozens of car and van wheels. These wheel brace/wrenches are only ever about 12 to 18 inches long. Sometimes they may require a foot to help to remove a stubborn wheel nut, but hand tight is normally good enough. Over torquing wheel nuts can stretch the studs and cause untold misery.


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