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oldskool said:
If you TORQUED them up with an air gun firstly they wouldn't all be done up to the same torque (air guns arn't that acurate or reliable) secondly i dont think your studs or nuts would take 1000nm of torque without snapping, you would need a fooking long bar to get over 1000nm unless you used a torque multiplier.
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Sorry, air gun does 1000Nm at 10bar, currently only running at 8bar so probably half that.... even so, recommended torque is only 130Nm so they were plenty tight enough!
 
V8_Disco said:
they also wouldnt hold the wheel properly, which could cause it to vibrate or shift on the axle/spacer and cause it to come loose
its your own fault

why dont people buy offsett wheels? they are the same price or less than spacers
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Please explain, as both types of nuts (alloy and steel) have exactly the same angle and therefore contact the wheel exactly the same!
 
oldskool said:
My brothers had spacers on his fender since it was new with no issues are you sure you did them up tight enough, only ask cos that wheel in on the near side and if there not done up properly they will come undun cos of the inertia in the wheel nut
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Just had another think about this and it's not the side more likely to undo via inertia, it's always the right hand side.... that's why many vans and ALL lorries have left hand threads on the offside wheel nuts.
 
bigrichsri said:
Sorry, air gun does 1000Nm at 10bar, currently only running at 8bar so probably half that.... even so, recommended torque is only 130Nm so they were plenty tight enough!
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bigrichsri said:
Yes, they were all torqued up the same, with the impact gun on full torque (1000Nm). I agree that it is the side more likely to undo due to inertia. I have now tightened them up even more, with a bar. Will threadlock them on when I have replaced the disc.
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So you air gun torqued them to 1000Nm then tightened them further with a bar? Does this not suggest that the air gun is no where near 1000Nm. What cfm does your compressor do? bet it runs out of air before it fully tightens nuts. You'd have to be some kind of moron not to check with a torque wrench.

bigrichsri said:
Please explain, as both types of nuts (alloy and steel) have exactly the same angle and therefore contact the wheel exactly the same!
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STUPID! Steel wheels and nuts use the angle to tighten them, alloy wheels and nuts use the shoulder to tighten them. Why do you think there are different nuts for steel and alloy wheels?
 
GRATCH said:
So you air gun torqued them to 1000Nm then tightened them further with a bar? Does this not suggest that the air gun is no where near 1000Nm. What cfm does your compressor do? bet it runs out of air before it fully tightens nuts. You'd have to be some kind of moron not to check with a torque wrench.



STUPID! Steel wheels and nuts use the angle to tighten them, alloy wheels and nuts use the shoulder to tighten them. Why do you think there are different nuts for steel and alloy wheels?
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Yes!! And the alloy nuts still have the same angle so that they clamp the steel wheel! Whether they use that angle to clamp the alloy wheels or not is totally irrelevant!
 
GRATCH said:
Really? I'm not the moronicaly stupid thick cuunt with a three wheeled disco am I?
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True but you seem to have some strange ideas as to how it became a three wheeled disco.

I know I'm right when I say these nuts can be used on either alloy or steel wheels. Maybe some alloy wheel nuts just have the shoulder and no taper but these have both.
 
bigrichsri said:
True but you seem to have some strange ideas as to how it became a three wheeled disco.

I know I'm right when I say these nuts can be used on either alloy or steel wheels. Maybe some alloy wheel nuts just have the shoulder and no taper but these have both.
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It became a three wheel disco because you were stupid enough to think an air gun would tighten it enough.

You really have no idea how wrong you are about the wheel nuts.
 
bigrichsri said:
Just had another think about this and it's not the side more likely to undo via inertia, it's always the right hand side.... that's why many vans and ALL lorries have left hand threads on the offside wheel nuts.
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yer wrong its nearside that are left hand fred
 
bigrichsri said:
alloy nuts on steel wheels??? - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum
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See posts #4, #6, and #7. Others reckon it's ok to hold the steel spare wheel on it's carrier, this is because it has no forces acting upon it.

Look at this scenario:-

forum member;- is it ok to cut my brake pipes and run with out brakes?

bigchrissri;- yeah course it is I dun it loads of time.

forum member;- oh cool, when i crash i can say bigchrissri sed it wuz ok to do
 
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