For years I was doing the wheel nuts far too tight, to the stage of standing on the wheel brace to loosen


andyd wrote:For years I was doing the wheel nuts far too tight, to the stage of standing on the wheel brace to loosenOlder and wiser
Andrew 2.8i wrote:andyd wrote:For years I was doing the wheel nuts far too tight, to the stage of standing on the wheel brace to loosenOlder and wiser
Tightening them until you hear that 'cracking' noise?
According to the Haynes manual, the wheelnuts on the 2.8 should be tightened 63-85 . That seems like quite a broad range though.
Andrew.
andyd wrote:You get the mindset that if these come undone the wheel will come off, therefore overtightning massively![]()