Check your lug nuts!!!!

Chitown SI · 04-20-2006, 10:25 PM

FYI: CHECK YOUR LUG NUTS!!! As many of you already know, when installing aluminum wheels. It is good practice to re-tighten the lugs after driving on them for 50 miles after the initial install. Most auto manufacturers tighten them beyond tight. So this isn't really an issue. Well today, I was installing my new 18 inch O.Z. F1 corsas. When I went to take the OEM lugs off, I expected them to be very tight (from past experience). But they were not. My 10 year old could have taken them off!!! So please check your lugs ASAP for your safety and everyone else.

**2fast4u2** · 04-20-2006, 10:28 PM

Thanks for the heads up.

Kurt · 04-20-2006, 11:21 PM

checking my nuts as we speak

**8thgenuser** · 04-20-2006, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt

checking my nuts as we speak

Mine are pretty loose right now. I'll tighten them up later. I'll check my lug nuts after that.

skittleslegend · 04-21-2006, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8thgenuser

Mine are pretty loose right now. I'll tighten them up later. I'll check my lug nuts after that.

Loose nuts sound like a condition that should be checked. Maybe Gold Bond will help. It certainly tightened mine.

As for my lug nuts........

Kurt · 04-21-2006, 10:21 AM

gold bond is the greatest, i just loaded up for the day

amdhunter · 04-21-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt

checking my nuts as we speak

I just checked mine and its all wet and sticky...

liuh · 04-21-2006, 02:34 PM

wow. are we all 12 here? :)

thanks for the warning though!

jaywo · 04-21-2006, 03:15 PM

I had the opposite problem... I used my impact wrench on them to get them off and one i had to go to as high PSI as i could and let sit there trying to turn for like a minute or two... That would be fun to try and take off if i had a flat... when an impact wrench can barely do it... Ohwell fixed now...

**CameronJr9** · 04-21-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jaywo

I had the opposite problem... I used my impact wrench on them to get them off and one i had to go to as high PSI as i could and let sit there trying to turn for like a minute or two... That would be fun to try and take off if i had a flat... when an impact wrench can barely do it... Ohwell fixed now...

Sometimes if you actually tighten the lug for a split second, then try to loosen it, that'll help. I had to do that with my '94 when I was changing my brakes.

***k20z3Vo*** · 04-22-2006, 01:10 PM

Mine are kinda crushed as we speak...

Scourge · 04-22-2006, 03:32 PM

Or get a torque wrench and torque them to spec. I think I've got mine at 90 ft-lbs? I can't remember. Not too tight and not too loose.

04-20-2006, 10:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chitown SI Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 14 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Check your lug nuts!!!! FYI: CHECK YOUR LUG NUTS!!! As many of you already know, when installing aluminum wheels. It is good practice to re-tighten the lugs after driving on them for 50 miles after the initial install. Most auto manufacturers tighten them beyond tight. So this isn't really an issue. Well today, I was installing my new 18 inch O.Z. F1 corsas. When I went to take the OEM lugs off, I expected them to be very tight (from past experience). But they were not. My 10 year old could have taken them off!!! So please check your lugs ASAP for your safety and everyone else.

04-22-2006, 01:10 PM	#11 (permalink)
*k20z3Vo* ........ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 35000FT ATL, GA Posts: 3,185 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Mine are kinda crushed as we speak... __________________ R.I.P. 06' Civic SI 07/16/07 http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showt...b135cebbf8462& Slammed EG6....

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2fast4u2 Acorn! Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,489 8thcivic.com member #15 iTrader: 11 / 100%	Thanks for the heads up.

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Kurt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 3,624 iTrader: 2 / 100%	gold bond is the greatest, i just loaded up for the day

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liuh Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 21 Posts: 584 iTrader: 1 / 100%	wow. are we all 12 here? :) thanks for the warning though!

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jaywo Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 90 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I had the opposite problem... I used my impact wrench on them to get them off and one i had to go to as high PSI as i could and let sit there trying to turn for like a minute or two... That would be fun to try and take off if i had a flat... when an impact wrench can barely do it... Ohwell fixed now...

04-22-2006, 03:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
Scourge Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 315 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Or get a torque wrench and torque them to spec. I think I've got mine at 90 ft-lbs? I can't remember. Not too tight and not too loose.