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Caravan and trailer wheel nuts and studs are essential components that hold your wheels securely in place, ensuring safe and trouble-free travels.
With the right wheel studs and nuts, you’ll enjoy a smooth and comfortable ride, while reducing the risk of wheel detachment or accidents on the road.
When selecting caravan or trailer wheel studs and nuts, it’s important to consider factors such as size, thread pitch, and material quality to ensure proper fit and maximum durability.
By investing in high-quality wheel nuts and studs, you can protect your vehicle and your passengers, while enjoying peace of mind on all your journeys.
Couplemate Trailer Parts stock wheel studs and nuts for your caravan or trailer.
Question: Can wheel nuts be over-tightened?
Answer: Wheel nuts can be overtightened and snapped when using a rattle gun; take care. Once the nut has stopped moving, it is tight.
A more accurate method is to refer to Owner Manual or Wheel Specification for the maximum nut torque settings below.
New wheels should be torqued after 150km; this should be done due to thermal stresses on wheel studs.
Tighten nuts when the wheels are cold and have reached average ambient temperatures.
Never torque a wheel when hot; always wait until the wheel cools down.
Loosen the wheel nuts completely, then tighten and torque the wheel nuts in the correct sequence.
Install dome nuts to fix the rusty stud problem.
Travelling rough outback roads has a few drawbacks.
One is wheel nuts becoming loose and even sheering on rough, corrugated roads.
Broken wheel studs caused by wheel nuts falling off are typical yet unpublicised.
Read about horrific broken wheel studs here.
We recommend checking all wheel nuts every morning before starting the car engine.
I use a battery rattle gun. It does a quick job and ensures tightness.
For me, it is very comforting to know I have the following reserves on board before heading into the outback:
Finally, one of the best-stocked repair shops is Outback Spares, Charleville, Queensland.
The facts are simple; Australian Made goods create employment in Australia.
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