Wheel nut falling off T4

Post by **advintage** » Sun May 31, 2020 11:24 pm

Running a gtb/novak 6.5 which is ballooning the tires and ripping them off too! FT nut just bought and replaced is very tight but coming off. Do I need thread locker or does the wheel falling off mean something with the drive train or tranny is not smooth?

Post by **RC10th** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:05 am

The wheel nut shouldn't fall off, usually when it comes loose on a roll pin drive it wrecks the wheel. Did you get the thin FT locknuts? Also is the nylock part of the nut fully engaging with the axle threads.

Post by **advintage** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 1:21 pm

I have the hex conversion on this wheel. Also, note I'm ripping in the grass too when this happens.

Post by **RC10th** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 4:46 pm

My guess is it's ratcheting off during use.

Try the J concepts nuts, if they come off nothing else will stay on.

Post by **RS Chris** » Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:51 pm

Did you use your "strong hand" to put it on?

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