MstrBlstr
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I check my nuts every day!
Ok, not on the car.
Switching between winters and summers is a good practice as it also prevents the lugs or bolts from rusting solid to the wheel.
I once changed my wheels at the track to street tires for rain and was about to tighten them with the torque wrench (they were pre-tightened with a cordless impact gun). The communication system for the flaggers went down so the one of the organizers asked me to drive him from corner to corner to distribute walkie-talkies. Around the Caroussel (corner 8) at Tremblant I started to feel it in the wheels that I goofed up. At corner 10 I quietly pulled off onto the grass and told the guy what was going on. I was lucky to have the torque wrench in the car with me. So I am torquing up the wheels and the guy gets asked on the radio: "What's the holdup?" He just says "Oh, it's nothing." Now I am a bit more obsessive about checking after changing wheels.
I have torque sticks an a cordless 28v gun but I never use them. My Snap-on torque wrench is used for that.
BTW each manufacturer specifies tightening torque for each of their cars. But the general rule of 80 ft/lbs for 4 and 100 for 5 will never break your car. If you want to be more anal you can look up the real number.
Also, be careful with spacers. Correct spacers will keep the hub centric configuration. The bolts are there to hold the wheel to the hub in the horizontal axis across the car. The thing sticking out of the hub and touching the inside of the rim is the one taking all the forces in the vertical axis and in the axis along the length of the car. Those forces are generally higher on a street car. The weight of the car + braking and accelerating.
Ok, not on the car.
Switching between winters and summers is a good practice as it also prevents the lugs or bolts from rusting solid to the wheel.
I once changed my wheels at the track to street tires for rain and was about to tighten them with the torque wrench (they were pre-tightened with a cordless impact gun). The communication system for the flaggers went down so the one of the organizers asked me to drive him from corner to corner to distribute walkie-talkies. Around the Caroussel (corner 8) at Tremblant I started to feel it in the wheels that I goofed up. At corner 10 I quietly pulled off onto the grass and told the guy what was going on. I was lucky to have the torque wrench in the car with me. So I am torquing up the wheels and the guy gets asked on the radio: "What's the holdup?" He just says "Oh, it's nothing." Now I am a bit more obsessive about checking after changing wheels.
I have torque sticks an a cordless 28v gun but I never use them. My Snap-on torque wrench is used for that.
BTW each manufacturer specifies tightening torque for each of their cars. But the general rule of 80 ft/lbs for 4 and 100 for 5 will never break your car. If you want to be more anal you can look up the real number.
Also, be careful with spacers. Correct spacers will keep the hub centric configuration. The bolts are there to hold the wheel to the hub in the horizontal axis across the car. The thing sticking out of the hub and touching the inside of the rim is the one taking all the forces in the vertical axis and in the axis along the length of the car. Those forces are generally higher on a street car. The weight of the car + braking and accelerating.
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