[TR] [6pack] [stag] RE: Knock off torque

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

Good Point on the adapters. A friend walked up to our house one day as he
had just lost a wheel on his A-H 3000 nearby down the road due to the
adapter coming off. The sudden force of the car hitting the pavement even
dislodged the fuel tank cap. He left with a green cap from one of the
tractors. Years ago, Chrysler vehicles had left hand threads on the left
side of their cars and trucks, denoted by an "L" on the end of each stud,
with the idea that rotation would loosen the lugs. But finally, they
realized that even though that may be true with center-lock rims, there is
little problem with conventional wheel/stud set-ups which the rest of the
world uses. I wonder how many owners of Chrysler vehicles had to have studs
replaced when impact-wrench jockeys at the tire shop didn't think as to why
the left side studs wouldn't come loose.

Alex Thomson

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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 5:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] [stag] RE: Knock off torque


As long as we are on the topic, I'll also emphasize the importance of
ensuring that the nuts that hold the splined adapter to the hub are
tightened to 65 ftlb.  As the VTR article notes, flexing on the LH side
tends to tighten LH thread nuts, but the adapter nuts are RH thread and so
tend to loosen.  Which is a rather unpleasant experience, to be avoided if
at all possible IMO.

-- Randall  

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