Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division 50 - Missouri State Highway Patrol
Chapter 2 - Motor Vehicle Inspection
Section 11 CSR 50-2.250 - Wheels
Universal Citation: 11 MO Code of State Regs 50-2.250
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule describes the procedures and standards for the inspection of wheels. The inspection of wheels is a requirement of section 307.365, RSMo.
(1) Inspect all wheels except the spare tire wheel for damage and the condition of any visible wheel bolts, nuts or lugs, or mismatching of hub assembly. Hub caps need not be removed to inspect wheel bolts, nuts or lugs except on the wheel which is removed for brake inspection.
(2) Reject vehicle if:
(A) There are loose,
missing or damaged wheel studs, bolts, nuts or lugs;
(B) Rims and lock rings on the wheel of a
commercial vehicle are mismatched;
(C) Rims or lock rings are bent, sprung,
cracked or otherwise damaged;
(D)
Stud holes are out-of-round;
(E)
There are cracks between the hand holes or stud holes of a disc
wheel;
(F) A casting is cracked or
there is evidence of wear in the clamping area of a cast wheel; or
(G) A wheel and hub assembly are mismatched
or if the lug holes and lug bolts are mismatched, which prohibits the
tightening and proper seating of the lug nuts, or the hub flange fails to make
full contact with the wheel pad.
*Original authority: 307.360, RSMo 1967, amended 1971, 1973, 1979.
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