taffrican
Member Since: 14 Jan 2011
Location: Living room
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When I fitted mine I didn't use copper grease or a torque wrench, I just tightened them "tight" but not stupid tight, I had them on my 90 for 4-5yrs without any issues, I forgot all about them to be honest and when I removed them they came of easily. As previously stated the natural rotation helps, never heard of any coming off  . But if you are worried then maybe torque wrench should be used  Optimists say the glass is half full..
Pessimists say the glass is half empty..
Engineers say the glass is twice the size it needs to be!
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21st Jan 2013 8:52pm |
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dnorrishill
Member Since: 15 Jul 2011
Location: Hampshire
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A torque wrench is probably worth the investment anyway - the wheel nuts should be torqued-up anyway. I bought a very good wrench from MachineMart for about £20.
The spacers should be the same torque setting as the wheel nuts, 130Nm (96 ft lbs).
Check out this post for more details of when I fitted mine: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17318....el+spacers
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21st Jan 2013 8:59pm |
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blackwolf
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
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T5bnc wrote:Fair enough although i thought that the natural rotation of the wheel naturally tightens the wheel nuts? does this not apply when spacers are envoled?
The rotation of the wheel does nothing whatsoever to keep the wheelnuts secure on a Landrover! If it did, the NS nuts would keep working loose.
Most commercials have LH threads on the NS in the vain hope that rotation helps but still lose nuts (and wheels) if the torque is not checked regularly.
The only thing that stops the nuts from coming loose is that they are properly tightened, and overtightening is as dangerous as undertightening. |
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21st Jan 2013 9:09pm |
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