jfaberna
11-30-2014, 11:51 PM
Well I use to wonder if the advice to check your trailer wheel lug nuts torque every trip was really necessary. I don't wonder anymore.
Last month I check the torque before leaving on a trip and everything was fine. So I debated whether to just skip torquing this time because both trips were less than 400 miles round trip. Then I remembered I had a difficult time in one parking episode where the Monty got jacked around with some hard turns with a lot of back and forth before the trailer got parked. So I thought, just maybe that would have an impact on the lug nuts. Well it DID. Yesterday I went to prepare the Monty for a trip on Wednesday and I decided to check the torque. Each lug nut turned just slightly before the "click" was heard on the wrench. This doesn't usually happen except for the few times after you pull a wheel off and replace. But apparently stress on wheels can effect properly torqued lug nuts.
So now I know for sure, check the torque every trip. I would add to check the air pressure, but I've been using a TPMS forever so that gets done all the time.
Last month I check the torque before leaving on a trip and everything was fine. So I debated whether to just skip torquing this time because both trips were less than 400 miles round trip. Then I remembered I had a difficult time in one parking episode where the Monty got jacked around with some hard turns with a lot of back and forth before the trailer got parked. So I thought, just maybe that would have an impact on the lug nuts. Well it DID. Yesterday I went to prepare the Monty for a trip on Wednesday and I decided to check the torque. Each lug nut turned just slightly before the "click" was heard on the wrench. This doesn't usually happen except for the few times after you pull a wheel off and replace. But apparently stress on wheels can effect properly torqued lug nuts.
So now I know for sure, check the torque every trip. I would add to check the air pressure, but I've been using a TPMS forever so that gets done all the time.