Demystifying Bolt Preload (.PDF Download)

March 31, 2015

In 1992 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) commissioned a report to study the causes of wheel separations from medium and heavy duty trucks. The report showed that on average between 750 and 1050 wheel separations were reported in the United States each year. Remarkably the report went on to conclude that... 

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