T2 MSW Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Ok, you can check shit like that. I'll get the brews in..!! Not a chance, Noobs do all the work whilst we supervise. Thats how it works right Mr Wild?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Not a chance, Noobs do all the work whilst we supervise. Thats how it works right Mr Wild?? Don't go bringing your boyfriend into this. He is busy shopping for old man cars...!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm fairly certain that, somewhere, CW has just seen this thread and had a heart attack He's seen it, he understands the mechanism of wheel to hub interfaces and is agreed with by experts, so is going back to making some FCD's while you all smear Coppaslip on hub to rim interfaces. He also asks to be shown a new car with grease on the hub / rim interface and waits patiently.... http://www.crashforensics.com/wheelandhubfailures.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Seems like a toss up between wanting to stop corrosion/ease of removal and risking having a "soft joint" between mating surfaces. Surely if you are creating a soft joint, then just checking your wheel nut torque every now and then is all thats needed, especially on a road car. Sharing a workshop with some bmw fanatics, I get to see a lot of stock bmw's that need the wheels kicked properly to get them to come off the hub once wheel nuts are off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 He's seen it, he understands the mechanism of wheel to hub interfaces and is agreed with by experts, so is going back to making some FCD's while you all smear Coppaslip on hub to rim interfaces. He also asks to be shown a new car with grease on the hub / rim interface and waits patiently.... http://www.crashforensics.com/wheelandhubfailures.cfm Hmm, interesting stuff. As my original point, the use of lubricant on the threads only becomes a problem if the bolts are over tightened and not torqued correctly. Therefore the spring in the bolt is lost. Good point about the soft joint but would a correctly torqued group of bolts really be affected by the soft joint in real life conditions. We are only talking a minimal amount of grease. Would love to see figures on how it affects the clamp force. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Ok, now stumbled across a debate about torque wrenches being crap for judging bolt tightness. This is giving me a headache. I have never had a wheel come off or valve top come flying off so I am going to stick with my principles, not matter how flawed they may be. Doing a City & Guilds, NVQ level III is not everything it's cracked up to be apparently..!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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