Military Truck Loses Tire Near Guelph On The 401-31 Jan/ 2025

[Harris]

From the Facebook post: "When i got to it i saw the brake drum sitting on the ground looked like all studs in place in good condition."

 

[McG]

Plastic 'wheel nut indicators' are about a buck each.

I know units that were using these on everything bigger than an MLVW going back at least a dozen years.

 

[OldSolduer]

was it the wheel nuts or the bearing that failed?

Maybe something failed badly. Its not unheard of for a component to fail on its own.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Hub nut?

 

[Blackadder1916]

Maybe something failed badly. Its not unheard of for a component to fail on its own.

Back in the early 1990s while on FALLEX out in the RMA (i.e., Bavarian countryside) I was standing on the edge of a road watching a group of vehicles returning to our location. They weren't making any great speed as they were slowing down to turn off the road onto the track leading to the loc. As one of our Unimog ambs approached and when it was about fifty feet away, suddenly one of the front wheels separated from the veh. It continued wobbling down the road and passed between me and my CSM who had been directing the traffic. The wheel (and hub) came to a stop a short distance further down the road; the Unimog collapsed, coming to an immediate stop and dug in what remained of the axle. It was one of those WTF moments. We had to send the veh to the MB plant in Gaggenau - they had the contract for third line repairs.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Complete speculation but it is very likely the tire was changed recently due to the life span of those tires just being up a recently. Could be a case of it not being retorqued after installation and usage.

 

[OldSolduer]

Complete speculation but it is very likely the tire was changed recently due to the life span of those tires just being up a recently. Could be a case of it not being retorqued after installation and usage.

Lug nuts need to be retorqued for sure after about 100k I believe

 

[Colin Parkinson]

On the old Deuces we checked them at least once a day. They were "Tighten to the front and loosen to the rear" So the left side had opposite thread nuts.

 

[mariomike]

On the old Deuces we checked them at least once a day. They were "Tighten to the front and loosen to the rear" So the left side had opposite thread nuts.

Right.

Wheel studs and nuts on the left side M135 had left hand threads. Right side had right hand threads.

The operating tire pressure was 70 lb. highway, 35 lb. cross country and 15 lb. in mud, sand, snow.

Al six wheels were secured by six hex cap nuts.

The tire inflation hose connected to the air supply valve inside the cab on the left side.

The spare wheel and tire were mounted on the right side at the rear of the cab.