kh202

Thanks for the heads up.

Ryan0260

Whos directions say that? I always check mine on every rotate and balance. You don't overtorque them as to break the loctite, but you always want to make sure none of them have loosened up. This is a no brainer when it comes to safety, as is making sure all the lug nuts are tight.

kh202

For the record, Spidertrax directions definitely do not say, "torque once and ignore".

GoinCamando

Read the LocTite bottle
Ur only supposed to recheck the torque after the first installation. Install to torque, drive around a bit, recheck torque then leave them alone.

If u check torque enough to break the seal you've essentially lost the point of thread lock. They don't come loose. But you hit them with a wrench, you are breaking the joint loose. Now u either reinstall the process all over again or re-tighten as if no loctite were used at all.
U may call checking torque a no brainer for safety but its also a no brainer NOT to break the seal when using loctite (thread lock)

This applies to the spacers. NOT the wheels of course.

Jonathan_JK

That's what I did with my spider trax spacers on my last rig. The 4x4 shop put them on and ran them for 4 years no issues.

Ryan0260

Sorry, but this is bad advice regarding spacers. The absolute most important part of maintaining them is to make sure they are torqued to the manufacturers specs. Hand torque them without out going beyond the original spec is not going to break the loctite seal. Besides that, loctite isn't going to take responsibility if a spacer fails, or a wheel falls off. Always follow the spacer manufacturers directions, and you will be good to go.

kh202

Lol whatever floats your boat man. I agree if one turns yeah you should reapply the loctite. What the hell is the difference if you check torque after you "drive for a bit" or you check em in 3000 miles?

GoinCamando

The thread sealer hasn't "SET", it's still soft. Once it "SETS" that's when the seal breaks.
Drive a bit really means, tighten every thing up to spec then drive around the block basically then confirm all is still at torque. After that it "SETS" and u should not re-torque.

So u can say LOL or whatever floats your boat or bad advice etc etc....but u can not argue that IT WORKS

If you choose NOT to use the information given, that's your right. There are many other opinions out there.

Good Bye

Jonathan_JK

For bolts like this you can apply torque seal. It's a stripe on the bolt that will indicate if the bolt has shifted in any way. We use this on aircraft engines. If your that paranoid you can figure out a way to safety wire the nuts.

GoinCamando

Thank You!
I second that!