Do you worry about D Ring bolts vibrating out?

[shmpls]

For those of you that drive with d rings on your recovery points do you do anything to secure the bolt/pin from vibrating lose? I just got a hitch with a d ring shackle and was planning on leaving it in all the time but was thinking if the threaded bolt in the shackle vibrated out on the highway that would be bad news for anyone behind me.

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[Armycop]

I had mine on my JK front bumper for years and never had a problem. I did buy the cheap Daystar bumper/isolator things that slide on to prevent the banging

 

[TTEChris]

I've always left them in and never had an issue. I usually put a philips head screwdriver through the hole to help tighten them down rather than just tightening them with my fingers. I check them every once in a while but they are always tight. The times I've had to remove them it required the same method to take them back out.

 

[melendez69]

All I use is thread-lock ...I have mine in pretty tight (as I'm sure most do) & I have no concerns about one vibrating loose. If one does for whatever reason, I keep another pair. I understand the concern about anyone behind you, but if I was truly concerned about one loosening at the rear, I'd keep them off until I needed them.

 

[JIMBOX]

I never display my "D" RINGS---

they're TOO EASY TO STEEL/TOO NOISY and too seldom used--

W.E.

JIMBO

 

[Ma$$iveDebtAche]

I've always left them in and never had an issue. I usually put a philips head screwdriver through the hole to help tighten them down rather than just tightening them with my fingers. I check them every once in a while but they are always tight. The times I've had to remove them it required the same method to take them back out.

I've always used an adjustable or open end wrench, to tighten. Even when I was a crane operator.

 

[Ma$$iveDebtAche]

I've used both methods. I don't think it matters which you use.

I don't think so either, just sharing my method.

 

[Highonlyfe]

I had isolators and they still came loose regularly.

I just put a zip tie through the bolt hole and d ring. Never had an issue after that

 

[XTrooper]

I switched to soft woven shackles and keep them in my recovery bag.

 

[Sheepjeep]

I don't run them fill time, I'll put them on at the trail head


Like others have said you can tighten then down with a screwdriver or a wrench but they are a pain to loosen ok the trail because you need to go find a tool to loosen then up. I just rather keep the recovery as simple as possible. Also keep a few extra shackles in the recovery bad with the ropes as a just in case

 

[JIMBOX]

Man, that's what I like--keep it simple and enjoy your "TREK"-

I keep all of my recovery gear--"OUTTA SIGHT"-

W.E.

JIMBO

 

[RussJeep1]

This is not a topic where I cut my teeth, so if my comments appear ignorant I apologize in advance.

Many of the shackles I've seen, like in @Armycop 's post above featuring a hole in the pin.

Couldn't you, say, put a twisty tie through this pin and wrap each loose end of the twisty tie around the rest of the shackle?...or would the same vibrations doom the twist tie's wrap, and then ultimately the pin's?

Couldn't someone design a shackle with a slightly longer pin around which you tie a nylon nut around the threaded tip...as much as nylon nuts give up grip with repeated use.

Man---entropy's a bummer!

 

[Ron_H]

We tow our Jeep behind our motorhome and connect our safety cables to the D-rings so they have to stay on all the time. I tightened each with a screwdriver and safety tied each using a UV safe nylon cable tie. If I ever need to remove them when off-road, it takes only a few seconds using my Leatherman.

 

[Jo's Jeep]

We tow our Jeep behind our motorhome and connect our safety cables to the D-rings so they have to stay on all the time. I tightened each with a screwdriver and safety tied each using a UV safe nylon cable tie. If I ever need to remove them when off-road, it takes only a few seconds using my Leatherman.

Leatherman FTW! Best tool ever invented, well probably anyway.

 

[RussJeep1]

This is a serious question, albeit one born of ignorance.

Nobody's made a shackle capable of meeting your strength needs, otherwise designed like this that can't come apart on its own?...

https://www.westmarine.com/buy/hark...amped-shackles--P002_060_004_501?recordNum=21

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