Hey guys,

I just received my HR Hub Centric TRAK+ 25mm wheel spacers all around! After 2 months of waiting though. Now I am wondering what is the most and full/proper/correct way of installing them to insure the safest driving conditions.

Its the ones with the stubs already mounted:


I found these instructions here in this sub-section (written by a fellow member):

1. Throw the spacers onto your hub, tighten the lugs to the correct torque spec 80ft lbs.
2. Throw on your wheels and tighten those lougs to the correct torque spec.
3. Drive around for a bit
4. Take off the wheels
5. Check and re-torque the lugs attaching the spacers to your hub
6. Attach wheels back on and tighten to 80 ft lbs
7. Drive around
8. Re-check torque on lugs attaching your wheels.

It seems full but I just have a couple of questions on top of that.

1. I read that we should use Loctite Blue Medium Strength on the threads of the "original" threads. Should I?
2. Is the torque spec 80 or 85 ft lb?
3. I also read that you should clean the surface of the "original" hub and stub with sandpaper?
4. Is the sandpaper way the way to clean corrosion? The instructions that came said to clean the corrosion but doesn't say how...
5. I know you have to recheck the torque around 60 miles but does it mean that I will have to recheck forever?

So much work for wheel spacers hahaha but I feel that it will be worth it afterwards!

Thanks so much for all of your advices!!!

Richard

 

Put them on. Tighten up. Torque to 75ft/lb
Put wheels on. Tighten up. Torque to 75ft/lb
Drive around 50 miles or so.
Take wheels off.
Retorque lugs on spacer to 75ft/lb
Put wheels on. Tighten up and torque to 75ft/lb.

(80-85ft/lb is overkill)

That is it.
No need to recheck at all after that.

If your hub is dirty, go ahead and clean it. If not, leave it alone.
I wouldn't use sandpaper, just a towel and some simple green.

 

80ft/lb is spec on the factory wheels.

 

Read my comments in red . . .

 

On spacers with press in studs, torque the wheel side to 100 for the first time , just to make sure the studs are fully set. (trust me on this)

 

100?! Isn't that way too high

 

100 seems way high....its not a diesel

 

Just to make sure the studs are fully seated. Then back off and torque to your normal setting.

 

Thanks everyone for your inputs. I decided to torque the spacers 85 ft lb and the wheels to spacers 80ft lb for the initial drive before i re-torque them. After i reached 60 miles, I am going to re-torque all of them to the 80 ft lb.

While i was putting them on, i notice something that no one else has a problem with!!! The front wheels seems to never stop moving when i was putting on the spacers!!! So i had my gf hold on to the brakes when the car was off... well, it gave out... so i had to start the car and had her hold the brakes again... I feel bad haha.

Anyways, how did you guys install the fronts when the disk keeps spinning when you are trying to torque it?

 

^Take a screwdriver (heavy duty one) and put the metal part between two studs and spin till the hub till the screwdriver handle reaches the brake caliper. Then torque, the screwdriver should hold the pressure and weight.

 

I TQ my wheels at 95. I feel safe like that. I see shops using impact guns all the time and never seen or hear of problems.

 

I did this but I am paranoid it would destroy the threads. What I would do is have the wife go in the car and press on the brakes.