Lug Nuts Backing Off????

[Boston Mangler]

Hey Guys

Anyone else having this problem?

This has happened to me on 3 seperate occasions and is now preventing me from being able to drive my rig and feel comfortable, i am constantly worrying about my nuts!

I am super anal on my maintence and torque specs and such, and everytime i remove the wheel, i make sure it is torqued perfectly.

My rig probably sees MUCH more abuse and washboards roads then most, and i am thinking that this is the cause, but what would be the fix?

Any idea what may be causing this? Anyone else experiencing this?

Thanks

 

[smittycrusher]

you are up too early for the week (months) that you have had. Go back to sleep! I seriously have nothing tech to contribute. But good luck.

Smit

 

[SOCALFJ]

This pretty much goes without saying dude.. but you are using the correct nuts for your wheel.. right?

 

[Brentbba]

Is this the same wheel that you replaced the bolts for the lug nuts on? Could that be an issue? Asking a stupid question, but food for thought?

 

[Slomo]

The only thing I could think of is the replaced wheel studs settling in but that wouldn't account for more than one time or maybe the lug nuts Dave mentioned. I am stumped otherwise.

 

[Newps]

Kevin:

The only I can think of, “Are you using the right lug nuts for your wheels?”. I believe the 93 & 94 have steel inserts and need the cone or acorn style lug nuts. 95-97 wheels do not have the steel inserts and use a washer or shank style lug nut. If you have a mismatched set of wheels (some 93-94 and some 95-97) and are using the same lugs on all of your wheels this could be your problem. Using the wrong lug nuts on a wheel will cause it to back off due to the fact it never seats properly.