Lug nuts coming loose
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Alright so I’m gonna do what everyone says and just tighten and torque to specs with the new life and see if it works, they are the correct lugs and there tapere, splined to match my wheels. And to above no the inside of tires aren’t showing any wear after the spacers they were at first on the barrel but it seems to be nothing is rubbing front and back in the inner of all wheels so I’ll try that when I get a moment and check back.
i personally would ditch the aluminum and go with steel
which spacers specifically did you go with? are you positive that the thread and pitch on the spacer studs are the same as the lug nuts? use a torque wrench to get them to proper spec, if you dont have one harbor freight has a click style that will get the job done
which spacers specifically did you go with? are you positive that the thread and pitch on the spacer studs are the same as the lug nuts? use a torque wrench to get them to proper spec, if you dont have one harbor freight has a click style that will get the job done
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Alrighty sounds good man, and yea I’m almost positive my Freind has the same spacers as me and same car and same lugs and no issues, if the steel and torqueing to spec doesn’t fix the issue I’ll check back , also just to note, yes the spacers are hubcentric and fit like a glove.
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Ok I got steel ones on the way be here Saturday, is it ok for my car to be sitting on the spacers how it is without the lugs tightened down since they won’t, it’s not gonna cause any weird stress or bends right in the spacer studs before Saturday when I can install them.
If it's just sitting with no added strain of driving, then you're probably ok since your spacers are hub centric. I'm assuming there aren't any huge gaps in any of the mating surfaces.
So your saying the studs from my oem rotor are poking thru to much and hitting the backside of my wheel? I don’t think that’s the case, the wheels sits flat on my spacer, and the aluminum lugs I have forsure have worn down threads so that’s why I was assuming the extra resistance is causing the bad lugs to back off. And yes I need spacers I wouldn’t put them on if I didn’t, I’m slammed on my nuts so natural camber causes running on parts without them, all in all if I saw something off I would have said it I’m asking this because there is no sign of anyting wrong besides the life and fender rubbing, I use a impact wrench so it’s possible I just over torqued them to much that’s why my life are bad. I just need someone to explain why putting on new wheels has causes a unlimited amount of problems when simple spacers to give clearance are now making my studs come more loose then they were on my old 18x9 wheels, because they weren’t unthreading instantly they would slowly Un screw themselves.
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