Rusty Wheel Nuts

D Walker

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Ordered SS set and will be waiting for me when I get home, birthday pressie to myself!
Amongst a few others.......
 
ASTRL

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Glad to see that this is a worldwide problem, I live in what is deemed a reasonably "soft" country for rusting and mine are naff!
Hoping the second set of wheels I am off to collect today have a full set of none rusting wheel nuts
 
markp4200

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On the subject of the rusty nuts, this is apparently the bête noir of the fraternity.
For nigh on seven years now I have struggled with this; replacing with Hill's refurbs is OK but not really the long term answer. Emblem have been great at helping and now have had a replacement set; regularly treated with WD40 (liberally sprayed) and the problem seems to be solved - no sign of a recurrence of the rust. here's hoping I have this little matter resolved.
 
greeny12

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Just received my set of new s/s wheel bolts - they look the business I have to say. Just need to find out from my local tyre guys how much they want to do a full swapperoo using their air hammers!
 
philw696

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greeny12 said:
Just received my set of new s/s wheel bolts - they look the business I have to say. Just need to find out from my local tyre guys how much they want to do a full swapperoo using their air hammers!
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No Air Hammer Guns.
Slacken them by hand with a big bar.
Run them out and in with the aid of a power tool and then torque them correctly.
Phil.
 
CatmanV2

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philw696 said:
No Air Hammer Guns.
Slacken them by hand with a big bar.
Run them out and in with the aid of a power tool and then torque them correctly.
Phil.
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The man speaks truth. Really a DIY. May take about an hour, but worth it.

C
 
philw696

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It's how us professionals do it.
Seen many a damaged thread over the years from abuse especially the brigade that have to tighten things up to within a thou of breaking.
Rant over I'm sounding like Benny :) without swearing.
 
greeny12

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Holy sheet, why does everything with these cars have to be such an ag... ;)

Do you guys change the bl00dy tyres yourselves as well??!!
 
CatmanV2

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greeny12 said:
Holy sheet, why does everything with these cars have to be such an ag... ;)

Do you guys change the bl00dy tyres yourselves as well??!!
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Good god, no! But I do stand over them with a jack handle making sure they can use a torque wrench ;)

C
 
Wack61

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greeny12 said:
Holy sheet, why does everything with these cars have to be such an ag... ;)!
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My problem is I hate paying somebody for something I can do myself , changing wheels can be a PITA with a scissor Jack but you wouldn't even need to jack the car up to change the bolts as long as you did them one at a time.

I'd be the guy kneeling at the side of the road changing a wheel rather than waiting for the AA as well( if I had a spare wheel)
 
greeny12

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Wack61 said:
you wouldn't even need to jack the car up to change the bolts as long as you did them one at a time.
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That's actually a good point and something I hadn't thought of. Mind you, since my only torque wrench is for a carbon bike frame it's all rather moot anyway!
 
Wack61

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greeny12 said:
Mind you, since my only torque wrench is for a carbon bike frame it's all rather moot anyway!
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Tight is tight,I've never torqued a wheel bolt in my life and no wheels have fallen off,neither have I ever snapped a bolt, I've got one of those extending wheel braces, turning it un-extended when tightening gets them pretty tight
 
philw696

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Problem with tight is right some people over tighten massively especially on small stuff when a lot of settings are 10 nm or less.
 
Slowly

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Looking at my download of the GS (US) manual in PDF downloaded onto my phone from www.Manualslib.com, it says (for the US GS) 98+/- 10 Nm for the "wheel studs". They may have the 3200 manual there as well.

Oh, and ETA - a Google suggests the same for the 3200..

and torque wrenches are fairly cheap - they cost about the same as fuel for 50-100miles..!
 
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