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08-13-2018, 02:11 PM | #16 |
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The stock lug nuts on these cars are not great. While they may be fine if you simply commute and rotate tires once a year for the life of the car, I can tell you that if you do track days (put extreme amounts of heat into the whole assembly) and remove the wheels frequently under these conditions (hot pad swap, inter-session rotation, tire swap, etc.), you may very well run into issues. I have had stripped nuts on this car and as well as my '15 WRX (same part #). I know, I know - "monkey with the wrench", "operator error", etc... I always thread the nuts on by hand and torque to spec. I NEVER impact them on. These things do not get "cross threaded". The threads themselves get damaged.
ps - check the calibration on your torque wrench. Most people use cheap wrenches, which is fine, but make sure they are calibrated or they are useless. Frankly, I would be more concerned about doing damage with under torqued nuts than over, but "correct" beats both! |
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Let the record show in the OP I stated that I definitely tightened the lugs over 89lbs, had just bought the car, didn't know a lot about the etiquette. I own a torque wrench now and have new lugs, learned from my mistake haha
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If you loosened them before re-tightening, then that's half the battle. If you're a big guy, 89 lbft is pretty easy.
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That's what my father referred to as "blue torque"...torque it 'til your blue in the face. |
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For me, axle nuts are the only thing that come close to that category. I have to be really careful. Small wrenches help.
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I managed to break many a wheel stud back in the day and eventualy realized if I used an actual wheel wrench instead of a long handled breaker bar then it wasn't side loading the stud and taking it beyond its limits. The stock nuts and studs on these cars are up for any task (even track) if the proper tools and methods are used. They should not stretch, cross thread or fail in any manner if proper tools and methods are used. It is a simple nut holding a part on by friction so why would they fail just from being taken on and off?
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