Stock wheel and different tire options
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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.
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For the record, Spidertrax directions definitely do not say, "torque once and ignore".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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