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<blockquote data-quote="mcatrophy" data-source="post: 1408486" data-attributes="member: 3187"><p>Whenever a shop has put new rubber on, the car has been serviced, or even on a new vehicle, at the first opportunity I take each wheel off. Sometimes undoing a nut means putting my full weight and bouncing on the jack, on a couple of occasions ending up with it bent.</p><p></p><p>Putting the wheel on, I put a little grease on the thread (and between wheel and hub) and tighten it to my personal torque setting (i.e. by feel). And I don't tighten each nut in one go, I tighten all just sufficiently to hold the wheel in place, then finally tighten them down - in a cross-wise order. Then go round them all to make sure. Overkill? Maybe, but it makes me feel good.</p><p></p><p>The grease will allow me to feel exactly when it's tight enough. It also it prevents corrosion.</p><p></p><p>Then, in the event of a puncture, inevitably in the dark and pouring rain, I (or on one occasion my wife) can take the wheel off without undue difficulty using the car's supplied tools. And I've never had a wheel come loose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcatrophy, post: 1408486, member: 3187"] Whenever a shop has put new rubber on, the car has been serviced, or even on a new vehicle, at the first opportunity I take each wheel off. Sometimes undoing a nut means putting my full weight and bouncing on the jack, on a couple of occasions ending up with it bent. Putting the wheel on, I put a little grease on the thread (and between wheel and hub) and tighten it to my personal torque setting (i.e. by feel). And I don't tighten each nut in one go, I tighten all just sufficiently to hold the wheel in place, then finally tighten them down - in a cross-wise order. Then go round them all to make sure. Overkill? Maybe, but it makes me feel good. The grease will allow me to feel exactly when it's tight enough. It also it prevents corrosion. Then, in the event of a puncture, inevitably in the dark and pouring rain, I (or on one occasion my wife) can take the wheel off without undue difficulty using the car's supplied tools. And I've never had a wheel come loose. [/QUOTE]
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