[Bellerophon]

I have returned home after two weeks in the sun to kill off some of the
winter weather, however, I have not been pleased to read some of the items on the
forum.
First wheels do not come loose unless something fractures, they come loose
because they have not been fitted correctly! In most cases it is because the
wheel has not been located in its right position, that is not square and flat
on its central location, the nuts are tightened but are not fully home, thus
when the wheel rotates the wheel seats itself and low and behold the nuts are
loose.
The correct way to fit a wheel especially when the wheels have been off for
some time is to wire brush the wheel, its location and the studs to make
certain that they are perfectly clean. (the studs and nuts should also be washed
afterwards). The studs and wheel location should then have a thin smear of
grease (if this is not done to the wheel surfaces you can end up with a
creaking wheel), but above all make certain the wheel is correctly located before
the nuts are fully tightened home. If this is done they will NOT come loose.
My regards,
Bellerophon