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So took the family for a ride today and about an hour into it, I noticed it was pulling really bad to the right. My first thought was I bent a tie rod but theres no way that would happen as I have the beefy CT Racing tie rods…..so I go and look at the front wheels and they were both straight. I then looked at the right rear and it was almost completely flat. I limped it back to the parking lot. I inspected it for a puncture and couldn't see any thing so I hooked up my portable compressor and it pumped it up pretty quickly to about 10PSI but wouldn't go any higher. It was windy out so I couldn't listen to see if I could hear a leak. I drove it down the road and back and it was still leaking so I put it on the trailer and we headed home.
It was flat as a bone when we got home so I pulled out the compressor and put air in it and I could hear right away when it got to 5PSI it started leaking. It was leaking from the behind the bead-lock. So I pulled it in the garage and sure enough, almost all of the bolts were loose. Some were backed out and lucky they didn't fall off while driving. I torqued them all down and put 20PSI in the tire and it held fine. I let it sit for a few hours and it didn't lose any pressure so I lowered it back down to 14PSI where I like to keep mine. I checked all of the wheels and this was the only one that had come loose. Has anyone else experienced this and do you recommend using Locktite on the bolts? How often do you check them? I have close to 300 miles on them and hadn't checked the torque before today.
It was flat as a bone when we got home so I pulled out the compressor and put air in it and I could hear right away when it got to 5PSI it started leaking. It was leaking from the behind the bead-lock. So I pulled it in the garage and sure enough, almost all of the bolts were loose. Some were backed out and lucky they didn't fall off while driving. I torqued them all down and put 20PSI in the tire and it held fine. I let it sit for a few hours and it didn't lose any pressure so I lowered it back down to 14PSI where I like to keep mine. I checked all of the wheels and this was the only one that had come loose. Has anyone else experienced this and do you recommend using Locktite on the bolts? How often do you check them? I have close to 300 miles on them and hadn't checked the torque before today.