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OMEGASUPR3ME
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URGENT!!!!

Post by OMEGASUPR3ME »

hey there ladies n gents! i need to tighten me wheelbolts coz ive driven 100miles with my new alloys and u need to retighten them afta 100miles, and i dunno what torque it needs to b tightend to, left my haynes at a mates house :evil: im thinkin its around 90-95Nm. will b doin it 2day so need this asap. thanks!
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Post by DScape »

Haynes manual says - 110Nm / 81lbf ft. :D
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Post by OMEGASUPR3ME »

god bless u dscape! lol, r urs dun do that? coz i have same wheels and prob same bolt lol
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Mine are done to the force of whatever they were put on as....defo not the right torque setting :?
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Post by mysteryboy »

I forgot to do mine.... did them today funnily enough... my so called wheel locking nut came out in one turn :? ... the others were still tight... I tightened them as hard as I could...
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Post by OMEGASUPR3ME »

did mine 2day coz there was this sound comin from one of them when i was drivin, sounded a bit like knockin but like "og og og og og" lol, tightend my bolts and no more sound :) the bolts on one wheel were seriously like a 60yr old slapper! lol
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Post by wesley666 »

I had problem with mine, making a noise when i drove

So i tightened them, but that didnt help so took wheel off then put back on and retightened nuts

And now my brake on one side makes a knocking noise when i break any ideas what this is?

Cheers wesley :?:
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