Terry,
It isn't uncommon for wheels to be not completely seated when
tightening them, thus needed re-torquing of the lug nuts after a few
miles. I once had a 2-ton truck that had a sticker warning to "retighten
lug nuts after 50 miles, 250 miles, and 1000 miles" or something
similar. Trust me, this was absolutely necessary!
Of course, if the studs and beveled faces of the nuts weren't lightly
lubricated, they might have not been really "tight", but just turned
hard. See my post of a few days ago on the subject of proper torquing
procedures. Replacing a wheel looks so simple, but there's lots of
little things involved.
Speaking of something that sounds simple on the surface but isn't, I'll
tell you about my solar panel installation if you ask nicely. Two pretty
good days in it so far, and a couple more to go. :-(
<<Jim>>
terry tyler wrote:
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> Suggest you follow Jim's idea to use a torque wrench when you replace the wheels.
> When I lost a wheel after visiting the tire store, I couldn't believe it because I
>watched the guy
> use a torque wrench on that wheel. My mistake was going 100 miles without double
>checking it.
>
> On hindsight, I should have checked it myself while it was on the jack at the tire
>store. To this
> day, I believe he didn't tighten it to the correct pounds, even though he said he
>did.
>
>
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