ronbauer@aa.net writes:
<< I use spacers also and have never had this problem. However, I do the
wheel
change thing slightly different. Rather than hand tightening and then
completely lowering the car to torque the lugnuts, I lower the car just
enough for the tires to be on the ground to do the torquing. >>
You don't even have to lower the wheel. Rotate the tire so the lug to be
torqued is positioned parallel to the ground (9:00 position) and apply the
torque wrench also parallel to the ground so that it is crossing back across
the centerpoint of the hub (9:00 position across to the 3:00 position) as you
hold the wheel from rotating with the other hand. By crossing the torque
wrench across the centerpoint of the hub bearing you create a second torque
arm that helps cancel out a significant portion of the rotating torque
created by tightening the lug. From there on a 5 lug system just keep
rotating the wheel to position every 2nd lug in the 9:00 position and you
will get a perfect crossbolt pattern.
M Sipe
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