Attaching wheels to a truck hub is serious business. Yet it's not uncommon to see some big bruiser of a mechanic, one foot against the bottom of the tire, whaling away with a 1-inch-drive impact gun ...

Do truck operators really need to perform a wheel retorque some short time after every wheel installation? The short answer is yes — unless you have a clearly defined wheel-installation procedure in ...

High among the ultimate nightmares of any fleet maintenance manager must be the loss of a wheel out on the highway that crashes into another vehicle — or a pedestrian or even an occupied dwelling — ...

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