only put a tiny amount on and wipe most of it off, I used to have seized bolts and I just hated it
Wheel nut torque value
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only put a tiny amount on and wipe most of it off, I used to have seized bolts and I just hated it
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I have a torque wrench that I just set to 90 ft/lbs. Do all my cars to that rating.
Unless it a 4x4 which require a bit more or something weird but most passenger cars will not need more than this.
Unless it a 4x4 which require a bit more or something weird but most passenger cars will not need more than this.
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Red locktite only.
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Soldato
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Don’t, this changes the torque for the thread friction.
More or less torque?
You'll end up over torqueing it if you torque to a dry thread value.
Should never be done on ANY fastening that has a Torque value given to it.
I have, wasn't fun. Had to drive home with one nut in.
See, the smart man would have took one nut of the other 3 wheels and then you be running with 4 nut. But i guess 1 nut on the wheel and 1 nut behind the steering wheel working well for ya.
You want to be careful of anything like grease, oil, even paint near the bolts - people have resprayed alloys before and the material where the nut goes against the wheel has then flaked/compressed/changed after the nuts are torqued up, resulting in the nuts being slightly loose and working until they come off...
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I didn't know alloy needed more torque so I used 90Nm on my wheels a couple years back and after a few months of driving one of the wheel nuts popped out and the other on that wheel started coming loose lmao. Then torqued it to 120Nm I think and never had that issue again
See, the smart man would have took one nut of the other 3 wheels and then you be running with 4 nut. But i guess 1 nut on the wheel and 1 nut behind the steering wheel working well for ya.
I was only 500m from home, it was 3am and I was 17
Tbf it was a long time ago, I mightve done. Who knows, it ended fairly well though. Apart from having to drag a jack down a hill, then being questioned by the police. Who obviously didn't believe me.
So yeah, I torque my nuts now.
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I torque them to the specified value, obviously dry.
I do, however, put a thin smear of copper grease on the inner surface of the rear wheels which mate with the outer part of the brake disc on the hub (taking care not to get any near the holes for the wheel studs/bolts), to stop the wheel seizing against the brake disc.
I do, however, put a thin smear of copper grease on the inner surface of the rear wheels which mate with the outer part of the brake disc on the hub (taking care not to get any near the holes for the wheel studs/bolts), to stop the wheel seizing against the brake disc.
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Never do this FFS...
i did say tiny dab and wipe off, big difference between that and just putting grease on threads and fitting to be fair
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I thought wheel nuts were meant to be checked after a few (50?) Miles and re-torqued but bolts don't need it.
No idea why he's finding it funny either. He's probably one of those guys who jumps on the end of the wrench to get it tightened - which is probably overtightening it.
