Wheel nuts

**Squids130** · 25th March 2016, 12:26 PM

I noticed a leaking hub seal on the left side of the 130 rear axle and a splash plate with snapped mounts on the other side so I might as well fix em up and give the bearings some love. So I go to crack the wheel nuts and wouldn't you know it their as tight as a nuns nasties ... I had no luck with the standard wheel brace , thought this is weird I know I haven't been to the gym but wow. I tried a cheater bar and started bending the wheel brace, at this point I'm scratching my head I was certain I was the last one to do up the nuts and even on a strong day I couldn't do it that tight ... Well after a 3/4" breaker bar and additional tube I got them cracked and still scratching my head I finally remember when I got the rear pinion seal and bearing done at a mechanic they used a .....rattle gun to do them up with.

I would think that a diff specialist would be more aware of over torquing wheel nuts ,if I had a blow out between nsw and nt over Christmas I would have been in a world of hurt, so I guess this rant is just a reminder to throw a socket over your wheel nuts after any third party maintenance or pre trip . Rant over .

**JDNSW** · 25th March 2016, 12:55 PM

Been there, fortunately only found it at home, not on the road!

John

DAMINK · 25th March 2016, 01:02 PM

As a rule i dont let anyone touch my cars apart from myself.
That said some things ya have no choice... Wheel alignments as one example and road worthies another.

In both examples i have checked my wheels when i got home to find loose nuts.
No kidding! Even worse than over tight ones.
Most recent example of this was only a week or so ago when i got new tyres put on the wifes Jackaroo.
Loose nuts yet again.

**Squids130** · 25th March 2016, 02:28 PM

Yea it's a pita

**Judo** · 25th March 2016, 02:37 PM

Yep, when I got my County back from RWC I couldn't get any of the nuts to move using a 1/2" rattle gun. None of them. I had nearly a metre long bar with my body weight on it to crack them. A few of the nuts have shiny grooves in them now. It makes me angry.

**AndrewMilne** · 25th March 2016, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by Judo

Yep, when I got my County back from RWC I couldn't get any of the nuts to move using a 1/2" rattle gun. None of them. I had nearly a metre long bar with my body weight on it to crack them. A few of the nuts have shiny grooves in them now. It makes me angry.

Has anyone with this complaint actually tried telling the workshop / tyre place (BEFOREhand) the correct torque for the their wheel nuts?
Seems like a common experience, and a reasonably sensible precaution to take, considering that.
AndrewMilne

**JDNSW** · 26th March 2016, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by AndrewMilne

Has anyone with this complaint actually tried telling the workshop / tyre place (BEFOREhand) the correct torque for the their wheel nuts?
Seems like a common experience, and a reasonably sensible precaution to take, considering that.
AndrewMilne

Last time it happened to me (new tyres) and I broke a 1/2" extension trying to undo them (used a borrowed 3/4" drive in the end) I phoned the tyre place and asked to talk to the owner. The next few times I was there I got apologies and they used a torque wrench and drew my attention to it. Unfortunately, the business has been sold and is now part of a chain, and I don't know anyone there any more, so when I am getting tyres or repairs, I watch them and pointedly ask what torque they are using.

John

**Judo** · 26th March 2016, 08:53 AM

I haven't, but next time I will definitely be asking before hand!

**67hardtop** · 26th March 2016, 11:57 AM

They obviously dont use those torque limiting extension socket thingys. Different colours for different torques.

Cheers Rod

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**Tins** · 27th March 2016, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Last time it happened to me (new tyres) and I broke a 1/2" extension trying to undo them (used a borrowed 3/4" drive in the end) I phoned the tyre place and asked to talk to the owner. The next few times I was there I got apologies and they used a torque wrench and drew my attention to it. Unfortunately, the business has been sold and is now part of a chain, and I don't know anyone there any more, so when I am getting tyres or repairs, I watch them and pointedly ask what torque they are using.

John

All well and good, but I notice that, on the truck, they do them up first with a rattler and THEN use a torque wrench. Sure, then you know that they aren't loose, but you don't know if they're too tight. Lucky for me that I don't have to change them myself, because I can't.

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