Wheel loss by a thread
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Money and let ters are ideas still pouring in to sup port Commercial Motor's Wheel Loss Campaign.
Kenneth Webster of Barnsley in South York shire reckons that he has the answer to the problem -abolish the Government and EC directive stating that all CV wheel nuts and studs must be right-hand thread: "The more experienced truck drivers I have spoken to all say that in the old days with left-hand-thread wheel nuts, wheel loss was a rarer occurence," says Webster.
"If this is true, then the right-hand-thread rule makes no sense. The cost of converting back to left-hand-thread would not be prohibitive and would save many lives — not to mention a lot of money, time and frustration," he says.
If you would like to support research into HGV wheel loss, send cheques payable to Commercial Motor Wheel Fund to: Commercial Motor, Room 403, Quadrant House, the Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5AS.