Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dean
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by sperry
For everone that's heard the old "check your lugs before you race" and ignored it like me... DON'T IGNORE IT ANY LONGER. My pre-grid checklist just gain another item: "check torque on all wheel lugs".
|
While I agree that might not be a bad idea, it also be good to have a very fixed routine when changing wheels.
While I have a cordless impact, I never rely on it for proper torque, and probably stop at about 40-50ft-lbs in the air. I then drop the wheel so it just touches the ground to prevent spinning, but no serious load on it, and torque all 6 bolts. Yes, 6. If you do the every other bolt pattern on a 5 lug, if you do 6, you know you have done them all. If the 6th doesn't click imediately, I know the wheel was not seated correctly, and will usually jack it back up and take it off and see if something is wrong before trying again. When I am realy tired I may do all 10 of 5 just to be sure.
I do this sequence every time, only varying the number of bolts I tighten from 6-10. Even if I have a jack point that raises two corners at a time, I always finish the one that toucches first and then move on to the second with the same sequence. |
Amen, that pretty much sounds like my routine. The only issue was that last night it was late, and I had a bunch of jackasses and their milkshakes distracting me while I was trying to figure out what the dilly was with my steering rack. Plus with the added wierdness of lifting the car from the center to remove one tire, I just forgot to torque things down before heading inside.
Not that I'm blaming the guys that were over, I take full responsibility, since it's my car, and my job to make sure things are safe to drive on. All I can say is *thank God* nothing happened, other than me feeling like a huge fool.