Rusty Wheel Nuts

[Wack61]

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

agreed on engine components torque settings are important but you're unlikely to be able to over tighten a wheel nut with a standard brace, the one I have extends but it specifically states the extra leverage is for slackening only

 

[D Walker]

I have a story about how my military career nearly ended at Corporal when I administered "corrective" education to a vehicle mechanic who neither tightened or torqued the wheel nuts on a vehicle I was commanding. He actually ran across all 4 lanes of the A1 to escape being educated. That was when the boss turned up

 

[StuartW]

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..!

This is assuming you have a correctly calibrated torque wrench too - they should be checked & re-set on a regular basis if you want to be absolutely precise!

 

[Wack61]

Which of you has 22mm nuts

I've just checked my nuts and they're 17mm

I just found some stainless steel covers on eBay for £25 so I'll probably keep my nuts covered for now

 

[Zep]

Theres a joke in there somewhere I think....

Which of you has 22mm nuts

I've just checked my nuts and they're 17mm

I just found some stainless steel covers on eBay for £25 so I'll probably keep my nuts covered for now

 

[Ian3200]

Which of you has 22mm nuts

I've just checked my nuts and they're 17mm

I just found some stainless steel covers on eBay for £25 so I'll probably keep my nuts covered for now

Link?

 

[Wack61]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/High...9913&clkid=3897462478783058050&_qi=RTM2065547

 

[midlifecrisis]

Vauxhall first, now VW's? Just be careful with the emissions!

 

[Wack61]

My nut covers don't give off an emissions I'll have you know

 

[Ian3200]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/High...9913&clkid=3897462478783058050&_qi=RTM2065547

Many thanks... ordered

 

[Wack61]

Hope they fit , I haven't got round to ordering them yet , still thinking about paying for a refurb or having a go myself

 

[FIFTY]

When I bought my car the bolts were rusty but the dealer got them cleaned up and painted black

After two years they are looking tatty again

SS is a great option but I want to retain the black finish to go with my colour scheme. What do you guys think of these? I know they might be liable to rust again if the finish gets scratched but i can always repaint in that evrnt... also quite cheap (too cheap?) https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wheel-Bolt...016093?hash=item2371bc38dd:g:RQAAAOSwknJXzuFl

 

[safrane]

Hmmm they do appear to be very low cost!

Why not get the vauxhall plastic wheel nut covers?

 

[mjheathcote]

It is no real hardship really to simply remove your original bolts, clean up with a flap disc/strip and clean wheel in your drill, and spray paint them with a rattle can.

 

[miket]

It is no real hardship really to simply remove your original bolts, clean up with a flap disc/strip and clean wheel in your drill, and spray paint them with a rattle can.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
My thoughts exactly!

 

[FIFTY]

It is no real hardship really to simply remove your original bolts, clean up with a flap disc/strip and clean wheel in your drill, and spray paint them with a rattle can.

Good point the only thing missing is the disc for the drill which will be less than £20 and i dont need to worry about the wheels flying off due to bolts worth less than £1/each.

Couple of thin Layers of plastic fill primer then satin black will do? Might be obvious but I'm fairly new to surface finishing

 

[davy83]

Paint would not survive removal and refitting i suspect, powder coating would also likely be too think. I have mine chromed and this worked great, for a black finish, the only things i can think of are there is an anti gall coating used by some machine shops called parkerising (I think) and its black and very very hard wearing, but it is a specialist job and you would have to get a machine shop to do it. You might also get some oven curing molycote which is a very dark grey, and also quite hard. I wonder if you can anodise steel? You do get black anodising.