A lot of people don't realize that a torqued fastener takes more torque to remove than it took to tighten. I've had to remove lug bolts that I've tightened myself to 85 lb ft with a 4' pipe. The impact wrench would not make them budge.
This happened recently on my 01 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was doing the front brakes and none of the lug nuts on the right, front wheel would budge. And I was the last one with the wheels off - I rotated the tires front to back. Obviously something was going on because none of the lug nuts would budge but it wasn't the way they were tightened. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E M Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anti sieze on aluminum wheels I've read about 85 f/lbs dry. When I had to put a 3 foot length of pipe on the wrench to get enough torque on it to remove them, I couldn't believe, even with an air gun, some idiot could get them on that tight! While cheaning the inside of the rim, once off, it gave me a chance to see just what a great piece of engineer that wheel is. It looks pretty plain on the outside, but a lot of thougth went into that wheel. I think they spent more money engineering the clip ring for the benz star in the centre, than most companies spend in R & D for the whole front corner suspension. :-) Ed 300E On 19/08/07, Robert Bigham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 250 ft lb is way too much torque on spherical collar screws holding on > steel > or alloy road wheels. > > My Daimler Benz Passenger Car Technical Data book says tighten them > to 110 NM, equal roughly to 81 ft lb if I didn't botch the conversion. > > No wonder they are hard to get off when torqued to 250 ft lb. The wonder > is > that they survive being so overtightened without damage to screw, wheel, > or hub. > > "Engineered like no other car" > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* E M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To: *Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> *Cc: * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 8/19/2007 5:08:52 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MBZ] Anti sieze on aluminum wheels > > Oh, the wheel didn't have a problem sitting flush with the hub, but when > you torque the bolts to about 250 or more f/lbs, it's amazing how two things > can kind of stick themselves together! :-) ( Note to me: never never leave > the car unattended at the garage!! I should know this by now!) All fixed > now and it allowed me to give the inside of the wheel a good detailing too. > Just have to do the other three now. > > Ed > 300E > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
