Always check mine if the wheels have been off after 50 to 100 miles. Then roughly every two weeks. To be fair they have only ever needed a slight tweak up once after having been off and then usually only two or three out of the five.

BUT

Caravan wheels get checked before every trip and I've found that regular as clockwork every third trip the kerb side wheel nuts have needed tightening


To them that have no torque wrench, get one, learn how to use it

Elderly friend of mine is old school (bless) relies on feel to torque is wheel nuts...... He lost a wheel on his trailer tent recently.

He learnt the hard way, yes when he was young and fit he could probably torque a wheel nut by feel and be spot on ish but now he doesn't have the same strength....................

On the green series 2a the ex had, it had been given 4 new tyres and of those 4

The rear drives had two finger tight, front drivers had all tight, front passenger two tight but not nipped and rear passenger one finger tight

I didn't point that out to her mum who'd driven it home to gloucester from oxford definitely something that should have been checked out though!

suew said:

What rubbish

50% of the people driving these days wouldn't even know how to do it. Never once in 35 years driving has ANY tyre place suggested I should do that.

You pay for a service and it should be done right, if its not its the fault of the garage

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They put it on the receipt. I think its more of a legal get out clause. Ive done retorque checks and never needed to. Although ive got fire extinguishers ive not used too...