Wheel-loss cure
21st May 1992, Page 50
21st May 1992
Page 50
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• I have just been given some back issues of CM and was particularly interested in your features on wheel losses.
I was a lorry driver many years ago and have no hesitation in stating that wheel loss on the nearside will continue as long as right-hand thread nuts are used, regardless of tightening torques.
An article you included on Sketchley Services
mentions a manufacturer's recommendation of 4501bft. That is a ridiculous figure — no studs or nuts can stand that force for long.
Left-hand thread, which we all had years ago without any bother, is the ONLY answer and I don't care who in the EC says differently.
J Barker
Kirk/till, Inverness.