Anyone ever stripped a thread on a wheel bolt

[paul]

just out of interest! i havent (touch wood) but was just wondering last night when i took the wheels off?! im guessing there good quality bolts / nuts?!

i guess anything is possible! im glad im not that strong!

 

[Rich]

Torque wrench FTW, most people over tighten the things.

 

[paul]

i may be thick but i have never been able to understand how to use one! maybe my dad had a complicated one! LOL anyone know what they should be torqued up to?! :S

is it a worry to tighten them up to much?! (bearing in mind im not that strong LOL)

 

[len_beach]

Yep.

I hade a pair of sapcers which slipped. As I undid the bolts, one was being held in situ by the slipped spacer unbeknown to me. I carried on 'undoing' until I realised.

Thankfully I managed to re-cut the thread on the hub.

 

[paul]

^^ not good! how do you re cut a bolt in situ sp ??

 

[nickl360]

Anyone use locktite on the bolts to stop them loosening?

 

[Rich]

Anyone use locktite on the bolts to stop them loosening?

No need just torque them up properly with a torque wrench.

 

[invisible man]

Anyone use locktite on the bolts to stop them loosening?

No need just torque them up properly with a torque wrench.

& as a tip smear some lithium grease around the thread before fitting, makes it a lot easier to undo, especially at the road side.

 

[Nigel]

Over tightening wheel nuts is as bad as under tightening them. They should always be checked with a torque wrench.

 

[Ali]

Meh, I just nip mine up! Sac the torque wrench!!

 

[paul]

^^ thats all i do tbh!

 

[paul]

No need just torque them up properly with a torque wrench.

& as a tip smear some lithium grease around the thread before fitting, makes it a lot easier to undo, especially at the road side.

good tip thanks! were can this be purchased please motor factors?

 

[sharkaroo]

I broke a socket extension in half once, god knows how i managed it!!

 

[Rich]

No need just torque them up properly with a torque wrench.

& as a tip smear some lithium grease around the thread before fitting, makes it a lot easier to undo, especially at the road side.

I use a spot of cooper grease and the same on the hub face.

 

[paul]

^^ does that make a difference!

 

[invisible man]

& as a tip smear some lithium grease around the thread before fitting, makes it a lot easier to undo, especially at the road side.

good tip thanks! were can this be purchased please motor factors?

Halfords/ andrew page etc - as other guy suggested copper grease also does the trick, the idea is to stop the bolt from corroding because corrosion causes the bolt to expand which results in it seizing

 

[paul]

ok thanks! ^^

 

[d-i-l-l-o]

I snapped a bolt in the wheel. Just left it there til the MOT and got them to do it. Must have been really weak metal cos it seemed like i was still tightening it. Until the head of the bolt came off.

 

[Budgie]

Had a bolt snap in the hub of a mates car a few weekends back. Nightmare.

I believe 70 - 75Nm is the correct torque.

 

[Rich]

^^ does that make a difference!

Saves the hub getting stuck to the wheel.

 

[paul]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=166491

 

[Henry]

copper grease is essential (really); the bolts are high tensile steel and the wheels are aluminium - they react and the aluminium will corrode making removal of the studs difficult after time

 

[Savi]

Also, make sure your wheel cleaner isnt applied onto the locking nuts or nuts. On my dads BMW, the locking nuts had to be drilled as the wheel cleaner had coroded the nuts!

I would use copper grease for friction reasons and also you can just tighten them as much as you want

 

[Alastair.]

just super glue ur wheels on in future, no need for wheel bolts

 

[bmh.01]

Had a bolt snap in the hub of a mates car a few weekends back. Nightmare.

I believe 70 - 75Nm is the correct torque.

90nm/66ft lb for the Clio and most other cars some are 110nm though.