WHEEL NUTS: HOW TO KEEP THEM ON

In this article, brief mention is made of a self locking wheel nut developed in the USA by Disk-lock, available in sizes m14 to m24, which the company claims has solved the problem of wheel loss on lorries. There are some 2000 wheel loss incidents involving commercial vehicles each year and some five deaths a year are attributed to the phenomena. Disk lock claims to have patented a self tightening nut, and the design features are briefly described here.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Freight Transport Association

  Hermes House, St. Johns Road
  Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9UZ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1996-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 27
• Serial:
  • FREIGHT
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Freight Transport Association
  • ISSN: 0016-0849

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Loss and damage; Safety; Trucks; Wheels
• ITRD Terms: 1236: Lorry; 9040: Loss; 1665: Safety; 1372: Wheel
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729663
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM