My '98 Jetta was notorious for that. The wheel centers were tight on the rims and wouldn't seat good. Get 10-15 miles down the road and the wheels would get all loose. I eventually carried the torque wrench with me for the first couple days after having a wheel off. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 2:49 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: One thing I will add, when you have a wheel off, always go for a short test drive, do a few hard swerves left and right, and then re-check the torque on the wheel lug nuts/bolts. I have more than once had a wheel torqued up to spec only to find it loose a day or two later after some driving. On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, at 13:32, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > strong work > > --FT > > On 8/17/22 12:09 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> Turned out to me much easier than hoped. A rare outcome for me when it comes >> to repairs. >> >> A few hammer taps knocked the remains of the broken stud out of the back of >> the hub. There was enough clearance to get it out, and get the new one in. I >> used a small stack of greased washers and a nut to pull it in, then a new >> lug nut to remount the wheel. >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2022, at 13:44, Jim Cathey wrote: >>>> Can these typically be knocked out with a hammer? And the new one pulled >>>> in by just tightening the nut? >>> I do not know, but I really don't think so. Worth a try, though, vs >>> scrapping if that's your alternative. >>> >>> My 20yo son couldn't get all the wheel nuts off when we were doing the >>> rear brakes >>> on the E320. I, at 62, could. However, he starts work at the >>> brickyard Monday. I >>> expect that situation to change, rather fast. If he lasts. >>> >>> -- Jim >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
