One Way to Prevent Truck Wheel Detachment

摘要

Truck wheel detachment can occur when wheel nuts loosen or if there's a wheel bearing failure. The best-case scenario is downtime; the worst is a heavy truck accident in traffic or on a job site. Heavy equipment managers looking for an edge to make wheel inspections and preventive maintenance easier on operators might want to consider a product called Wheel-Check, made in Irvine, Calif. Wheel-Check allows drivers to identify a loose wheel nut with just a visual inspection. Here's how it works: When the wheel nuts are properly torqued to spec, the colored Wheel-Checks (with extensions prominently shaped like arrows) are placed on the wheel nuts in a uniformed pattern.