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THE
CHECKLINK
The Checklink® helps ensure, by linking
one wheel nut to the next that a loosened wheel nut will not spin off
the stud. However the Checklink® is not a
wheel nut locking device. It is a wheel nut restraint should a wheel nut
loosen off. As such it is for use as an integrated part of a
roadworthiness fleet risk management reporting and documenting regime.
Distortion of the wheel nut link observed during the inspection of the
road wheels within the normal daily roadworthiness walk-round indicates
that a wheel nut has loosened off.
Checklink® is manufactured from
heavy-duty polypropylene and is suitable for use where transient hub or
braking temperatures of up to 125°c can be experienced. It is reusable,
and impervious to attack from road salts and chemical contaminants, oils
and petroleum, and commonly used vehicle cleaning agents. Being UV
stabilised, it is not subject to degradation. It is designed to be a
tight, almost interference fit, on the wheel nut. The use of the
Checklink® still requires that the standard
retorque inspections need to be adhered to after a wheel or wheel nut
has been removed and refitted for whatever reason. A full range of
Checklink® of the commonly used wheel nut
sizes of between 19mm to 38mm across the flats, are available. The
standard stock colour for all sizes and variants of the range is Fluoro
Yellow. Alternatively the standard size range and variants can be
supplied, at extra cost, size colour coded.
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