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Never had Crescents, only 'shifters' as I've only used BahcoOriginally Posted by trout1105
I don't have any of those tools, I only have ringies, open enders, sockets and Creasants in my tool box
Fossicker
Second the motion to use a tension wrench on wheel nuts. First time I changed a wheel on my series3, (many years ago), did the nuts up to about car tension. Traveled about three Kms before I felt a vibration, wheel nuts had come loose. Very quickly found correct setting for nuts. Also, if you have a mystery vibration, sometimes it can be cured by tensioning wheel nuts to the correct setting, rather than what the gorilla with a rattle gun has set them to.
OldBushie
SupporterI have Never used a tension wrench to tighten a wheel nut in my life and I have Never lost a wheel because the wheel nuts have come loose either.
I normally just tighten up the wheel nuts after I have changed out a flat and them re checked them a couple of times afterwards. Using a decent breaker bar instead of using the useless factory supplied wheel brace is the trick
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Wizard
You do run the risk of over tightening them. Its amazing how little effort it takes to get to 140Nm with a 600mm bar.I have Never used a tension wrench to tighten a wheel nut in my life and I have Never lost a wheel because the wheel nuts have come loose either.
I normally just tighten up the wheel nuts after I have changed out a flat and them re checked them a couple of times afterwards. Using a decent breaker bar instead of using the useless factory supplied wheel brace is the trick
I can kinda torque to feel now (if I have to), with an extra nip for safekeepingthen tighten to spec with the torque wrench when possible.
Fossicker
I carry one of these with me, I use the handle extended for ease of undoing but in the closed mode for tightening, which has always been plenty of leverage & no hassles with nuts coming loose. I carry a impact socket for its strength & six sided construction.It does sound like your wheel nuts are damaged if the wrench doesn't fit properly.
I carry one of these extension handle wrenches & a 6-sided 22mm socket.
SCA, Repco, etc have them and when extended you get much better leverage than factory wrench.
Note that the 6-sided socket type is the key to not damaging wheel nuts.
I've actually gone one step further and changed to solid wheel nuts to avoid even the potential of damaging the weaker original ones where the 22mm size is only a cap over a smaller nut.
Cheers,
Scott
Steve.
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