# Park Rangers Lug nuts **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379 "2009-06-25T18:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a1busdriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@a1busdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/a1busdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/1 "2009-06-25T18:25:43Z")
If they are alumm. rims and if you don’t re-tighten them after 30 miles they will come loose. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/2 "2009-06-25T18:37:49Z")
Not All Of Them Do. I Thought I Remembered The Ranger Being A Female. Or am I missing something, here? CSA ---
**Author:** ![a1busdriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@a1busdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/a1busdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/3 "2009-06-25T18:53:44Z")
The Park Ranger was A woman and she thought someone was tring to kill her,I was just saying that after the brakes were fixed if the rims were a alumm.she would have to re-tighten them after 30 miles of driving or they would come loose,thats all ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/4 "2009-06-25T22:04:14Z")
I have aluminum rims and I never have to re-tighten them after I rotate the tires. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/5 "2009-06-25T22:35:23Z")
Absolutely NOT! Properly torqued lug nuts will not come loose…with one exception… If the lug nuts were overtorqued by some gorilla during a previous installation, the studs can actually be stretched and the threads at the base deformed to where a proper installation is no longer possible. In that case the lugs would chronically come loose. The diagnosis is done with simple go/no-go thread gages. The solution is to press in new studs. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/6 "2009-06-25T23:00:37Z")
People Are Cautioned To Be Sure To Clean The Contact Surfaces Of The Wheels And Corresponding Areas Of The Rotors/Drums. Corrosion Can Become A Problem. This applies to both steel and aluminum components. CSA ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/7 "2009-06-26T01:30:18Z")
During my off-road days we used Centerline (aluminum wheels). The only time I saw one come loose was when the car builders young son painted the brake drums,a big no-no. ---
**Author:** ![a1busdriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@a1busdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/a1busdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/park-rangers-lug-nuts/32379/8 "2009-06-26T02:01:07Z")
Well when I worked for a tire company we had to have the customers sign a wavier that stated they would get the rims re-tightend after 30 miles because the aluminum would heat up and the lug-nuts would back off the studs,in fact it did happen to a customer of ours,after he drove about 70 miles his wheel fell off,and we tightend all aluminum rims by hand not air gun,with a torque wrench