[Fot] ARE Le Mans wheels

[Robert Lang]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Robert Lang wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, MadMarx wrote:
>
>> After I got 5 wheels for my TR 4 I now would like to know what torque the
>> nuts need?
>> Any suggestions?
>
> If you have the wheels hub centric, then 65 ft/lb should be adequate.
>
> If your wheels are not hub centric, then you can set to 65 but after you 
> drive half a mile or so, re-torque to 65 or 70 as they will work loose.

Clarification - once you re-torque, things seem to be okay 'till you take 
the wheels off again.

rml
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