FabSwingers.com forum: Sorry.. But can a mechanic tell me if wheel bolts are ok?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just got car back from the garage, only to find the wheelbolts overtightened. Manage to get the bolts slackened and took one bolt out. when i rubbed the bolt threads on my finger There were tiny metal flakes. So, is that something to worry about?

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

fire blade is the chap to ask what he dont know bout motors he should have his own garage

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Can we put a call out for Bladey please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just got car back from the garage, only to find the wheelbolts overtightened. Manage to get the bolts slackened and took one bolt out. when i rubbed the bolt threads on my finger There were tiny metal flakes. So, is that something to worry about? "

I think you might have a problem, sounds like the threads are damaged and the flakes of metal sounds like its off the threads themselves, happens if there are slightly corroded sometimes

Get a second, impartial view asap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wouldn't of thought so, if it goes back in and tightens alright you'll be fine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Advice given seems sound.

But, how did you know they were overtightened?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Wouldn't of thought so, if it goes back in and tightens alright you'll be fine

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the main bulk of the threads look ok. Didn't have to stand on the wheel brace

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

View must've used am air gun to tighten up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Should be OK, ghe flakes could be off thread being over tightened, it's because a lot of garages put them in with windy guns when they should be put in normally and torqued up.. if it's tightened alright you should be OK to go, just drive a few miles and check them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There should be no metal flakes on the bolts/nuts

I am a mechanic

You need to take it to the garage to have it checked, don't take a chance that they will be fine and have the risk of your wheel coming off.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Advice given seems sound.

But, how did you know they were overtightened?"
had to use a lot of force to get them off. Also compared bolt to one off another wheel which came odd easier and also no fine metal flakes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hang on before you start saving he'll be fine,, if there are flakes of metal on the thread they could have been cross threaded being refitted, and the garage air gun won't care if they are, it'll just batter away until its jammed in

Seriously mate, get them checked soon as you can

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How the fuck did you "find" them over tightened? !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Advice given seems sound.

But, how did you know they were overtightened? had to use a lot of force to get them off. Also compared bolt to one off another wheel which came odd easier and also no fine metal flakes. "

I'd be more worried about the one that came off easier! Have to say, I've been driving for over 35yrs and never felt the need to check how tight the wheel nuts were when it came back from the garage! Only problem I've had with tightness of wheel nuts was when I under tightened mine once many moons ago.

The metal flakes may or may not be an issue so do as the others suggest and get them checked though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Advice given seems sound.

But, how did you know they were overtightened? had to use a lot of force to get them off. Also compared bolt to one off another wheel which came odd easier and also no fine metal flakes. "

Why were you taking the wheels off?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

How the fuck did you "find" them over tightened? !

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naturally suspicious and check things i suppose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did you fuck 'em yourself...... are you "the garage"?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How the fuck did you "find" them over tightened? !

naturally suspicious and check things i suppose"

Hang on, how do you put them back on?

You meant to use a torque wrench. I doubt many do but presumably you have a decent wheel brace at least?

But your kit is not likely to be better than the garage's.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

Do you do home visits as I don't know if my bolts are over tightened?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

O_o

Lots of confusion about this. Not a proper mechanic but i do a lot of tinkering, currently wearing the wounds to prove it (Sliced half my right ring fingernail off changing the brakes on a Fiat Bravo last week).

In any event, not entirely sure why you would "find" a bolt overtightened, but i'll say this, if you "didnt have to stand on the wheel brace" then they werent overtightened to any major extent unless you happen to be a worlds strongest man contestant. If you can rotate the bolt by hand, with a wheel brace only, they arent overtightened. Ive taken off wheels ive had to use a 3ft power bar to crack, never been a problem.

That being said, if you have flakes, its possible they have been cross threaded, which could indeed be a problem and is worth getting checked out with a mechanic just to be sure.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

Looks like 'took the bloody things off' is the actual answer?

Don't get it myself, I'm pretty techie and handy but when the car's been in the garage I don't go checking torques! Good job it wasn't a head gasket change

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Anybody finding any flakes of gold metal, it's mine: I left loads at a garage earlier, on my way to my jewellery class.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This tall tale has more holes than

Emmental cheese.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"O_o

That being said, if you have flakes, its possible they have been cross threaded, which could indeed be a problem and is worth getting checked out with a mechanic just to be sure. "

Stand on the wheel brace! The proper way

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Torqued to spec or cross threaded.....tight is tight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs. "

You sir, need to get out more.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

Looks like 'took the bloody things off' is the actual answer?

Don't get it myself, I'm pretty techie and handy but when the car's been in the garage I don't go checking torques! Good job it wasn't a head gasket change

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getting my torch out.. You got me thinking now!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

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lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Corrosion?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Corrosion? "

Get back to bed! This is man's talk.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Get yersen a motorbike, you've only got 2 wheels to worry about then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

Looks like 'took the bloody things off' is the actual answer?

Don't get it myself, I'm pretty techie and handy but when the car's been in the garage I don't go checking torques! Good job it wasn't a head gasket change

getting my torch out.. You got me thinking now!

Better check the engine mounts too! You never know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Get yersen a motorbike, you've only got 2 wheels to worry about then

3 actually.....hmmph!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

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i also factored in ambient metal temperature

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"O_o

That being said, if you have flakes, its possible they have been cross threaded, which could indeed be a problem and is worth getting checked out with a mechanic just to be sure.

Stand on the wheel brace! The proper way

Bounce your Reebok Classics down on it till it cracks. Because im a top engineer haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature "

Coefficient of linear friction?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature "

Seriously? How?

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature

Coefficient of linear friction? "

I love it when you go all technical.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature

Coefficient of linear friction?

I love it when you go all technical. "

I can't help it lady, it's my job.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs. "

Ment to ask, who calibrated your torque wrench?

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By *inkyChrissy99TV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature

Seriously? How?"

Check on the air temp with yet finger in the air, then wet finger and touch onto the car,s wheel hub

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now."

Plus,as mentioned earlier, at some point someone WILL have used copperslip or similar. I use mx33 but then I would wouldn't I.....

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Get yersen a motorbike, you've only got 2 wheels to worry about then

3 actually.....hmmph!"

You still ride a kiddie's tricycle don't you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bolts have been over torqued. Possibly they may be Stretched if so you will need new bolts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"where they put in with a bit of copper grease if so would explain the 'metal flakes'

as per over tightening what makes you think they were over tightened?

Was fine white metal flakes.. Plus i have my own torque wrench. Manual that came with car says 90 newtons or 77 foot lbs.

You sir, need to get out more.

i also factored in ambient metal temperature

Seriously? How?

Check on the air temp with yet finger in the air, then wet finger and touch onto the car,s wheel hub

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now."

Steel wheels.. Was checking if view damaged anything.. As one garage fucked the threads once and was driving around till a puncture revealed the knackered thread. Also, bolts on other wheels had no metal flakes.. Only the one wheel they took off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's quite funny that this is one of the busier threads in The Lounge this evening!

And here I was thinking this was a sex site! ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Get yersen a motorbike, you've only got 2 wheels to worry about then

3 actually.....hmmph!

You still ride a kiddie's tricycle don't you

All my motorcycles had flywheels. Maybe you just had a piece of cardboard in your spokes...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Will have a look tomorrow when i can check thread proper for bigger metal bits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My wheel bolts are well tight, I can't loosen them manually. Probably completely irrelevant but thought I'd share

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now.

Stops corrosion and binding.

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Funniest thread in ages well done op

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't get it?

How on earth did know that your wheel bolts have been overtightened?

Road cars tend to have wheel bolts tightened from anything between 110Nm-150Nm depending on make model and type of wheel construction.

What did you do? Re torque your bolts when you or the car home?

Looks like 'took the bloody things off' is the actual answer?

Don't get it myself, I'm pretty techie and handy but when the car's been in the garage I don't go checking torques! Good job it wasn't a head gasket change

getting my torch out.. You got me thinking now!

Better check the engine mounts too! You never know

Can you imagine what would have happened if the clutch had been changed? God forbid!!! LOL.

WILL BE removing gearboxes to check if loctite has been used on the flywheel bolts LOL...

I'm sorry I shouldn't mock but still funding this thread a little hard to understand

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By *unky-doryMan
over a year ago

the kingdom

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was taught tighten completely then loosen 1/4 turn?

And if it was cross threaded you should be able to see that by actually looking at the bolt.

Ultimately, this is not really the place for the answer anyway - ask the garage. Or another garage if you don't trust this one?

Either way- you will have to wait until Monday now!

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By *r and mrs sanddancerCouple
over a year ago

BOLDON COLLIERY

this reminds me of years ago we had a car in for servicing and everything had dots of white paint on to check if it had been changed

when he got the bill for his service we added on £5 for replacing all the white paint dots

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car."

Ignore that reply

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that."

The threads will be showing signs of damage

My torque wrench does, it holds the highest torque applied on the display.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and only if you have gone past/on the limit of the strength of the bolt or nut.

You can over tighten with no signs of damage

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.

The threads will be showing signs of damage

My torque wrench does, it holds the highest torque applied on the display."

nice one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.

The threads will be showing signs of damage

My torque wrench does, it holds the highest torque applied on the display."

Surely the torque required to loosen isn't the same as the torque it took to tighten? The conditions are different.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.

The threads will be showing signs of damage

My torque wrench does, it holds the highest torque applied on the display.

Surely the torque required to loosen isn't the same as the torque it took to tighten? The conditions are different."

You're not seeing the big picture...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.

The threads will be showing signs of damage

My torque wrench does, it holds the highest torque applied on the display.

Surely the torque required to loosen isn't the same as the torque it took to tighten? The conditions are different.

You're not seeing the big picture..."

That's cuz I is on my ikkle phone

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that."
set torque wrench to colorectal setting for the wheel nuts apply to tighten nuts when it reaches correct tourque it should click to release if it doesent and goes beyond nuts are over tightened simple

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't see how you can tell if a nut/bolt was over tightened.

It's not like you can just reverse a torque wrench and see the force needed to slacken. It doesn't work like that.set torque wrench to colorectal setting for the wheel nuts apply to tighten nuts when it reaches correct tourque it should click to release if it doesent and goes beyond nuts are over tightened simple "

But the breaking point force to get a tightened nut moving is considerably higher than the torque used to tighten it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just bouncing this thread out of the "Clocks Go Back" timewarp loop.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Update: am sure your all thrilled with this post lol..

Checked other wheel this morning and threads are deffo damaged.. (big sections of thread falling out) Will arrange tow tomorrow if i can. :o(

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Update: am sure your all thrilled with this post lol..

Checked other wheel this morning and threads are deffo damaged.. (big sections of thread falling out) Will arrange tow tomorrow if i can. :o("
this is why I ALWAYS slacken wheel nuts and re tighten myself after a tyre change at a garage slack off then re tighten till the car rolls NEVER tighten against the hand break

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By *aucy tiggerWoman
over a year ago

Back where I belong

Wouldn't mind some of you coming to look at my bodywork and check out my engine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So much for the amateur know it alls who told you,, yeah mate if there tight you be ok

Never seek advice on here on something so important, you wouldn't ask an estate agent about your health issues, remember the only point of contact between your car on the motorway is a couple of inches of tyre, if the wheelbolts are not completely safe you risk not only your life but a lot of others too

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By *inkyChrissy99TV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"What a funny topic, veiwed it earlier then with my engineer head on went wtf and left alone.

Why are you checking the torque- they have air guns that are preset and do dozens of cars every day I bet.

Are the threads OK?

If Yes, then do back up to the correct torque.

Metals shards could be present due to simple corrosion between the wheel and bolt if adequate grease wasn't applied.

Especially prominent due to alloy wheels being common on most cars now.

Not if the correct grease is used....... And as mentioned before this is not an exact science- torque required on wheel nuts for a car is a wide range.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car.

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Update: am sure your all thrilled with this post lol..

Checked other wheel this morning and threads are deffo damaged.. (big sections of thread falling out) Will arrange tow tomorrow if i can. :o("

That doesn't sound good. What job did they actually have the car for?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car.

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic "

Lmao

Mechanical engineer saying ignore metal flakes and the chance of it stripping is rare!

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By *ivemeyoursoulWoman
over a year ago

Easter just around the corner!

"Corrosion?

Get back to bed! This is man's talk.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What colour is the car?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What colour is the car?"

Good question

I reckon red, they always have issues

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

In light of this thread I have gone an looked at my wheel nuts, upon visual inspection I can confirm that they are all torqued to spec. No tools were harmed in the making of this inspection. Thank you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What colour is the car?

Good question

I reckon red, they always have issues

Phew! So I don't need anyone to inspect my nuts.

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By *inzi LTV/TS
over a year ago

The Garden of Eden in Beautiful North Wales

I'm not being funny but what's the point of taking your car to the garage for repair if your going to interfere and tamper with the work they've done? Next thing you'll be taking it back because you've cocked something up and trying to blame the garage for your fuck up!

There are good garages and bad garages and the same same applies technicians. There are also good customers and bad customers and I have met both, the good ones on many occasions, bad ones usually just the once....

Tell me, do you drop your pants in Tesco to check the toilet tissue... maybe get your cock out to make sure condoms fit correctly?

The garage in question would be well within their right to turn you away and void any work they have carried out on your vehicle because you have tampered with it. I personally leave a tiny paint dot on every nut & bolt I've moved and if the dot is broken, any warranty and or goodwill is gone... along with yourself with your tail between your legs.

Vehicle maintenance is a tough, dirty, underpaid job and hard enough without interfering customers with busy fingers!

P.S. If your wheel falls off, YOU are now liable because YOU were the last person to touch it!

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By *ivemeyoursoulWoman
over a year ago

Easter just around the corner!

"What colour is the car?

Good question

I reckon red, they always have issues

Phew! So I don't need anyone to inspect my nuts.

I have a red car

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By *nnejohnCouple
over a year ago

warrington

if you have locking nuts on your wheels

NEVER let anyone use an air gun to tighten

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

Once you've tightened them go to a garage and get them torqued , job done , I would not worry about the metal flakes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a pet hate of mine, I detest garages that power on the nuts with a hammer gun without setting the torque..... Makes it nigh on impossible to get them off at the roadside with your normal brace when you do have an emergency... The flakes of "metal" will more than likely be copper grease which you should use on wheel nuts to stop then seizing

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By *orny IrishMan
over a year ago

Rural Wiltshire

"My wheel bolts are well tight, I can't loosen them manually. Probably completely irrelevant but thought I'd share

I have a big bar which will slacken your nuts for you.

I have another bar you could use to slacken my nuts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What colour is the car?

Good question

I reckon red, they always have issues

Phew! So I don't need anyone to inspect my nuts.

You can never be to careful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What colour is the car?

Good question

I reckon red, they always have issues

Phew! So I don't need anyone to inspect my nuts.

I have a red car

Matches your heels then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good God man, use a couple of cable ties and gaffa tape - she'll be right

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By *dam_TinaCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire

The threads will be showing signs of damage

This one certainly did

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By *rs DCouple
over a year ago

far

Just asked mr d, he said its called (cracking the nuts off) lol sound funny i know,cracking the nuts off, but its just the air gun slightly over torc, and the wheel nuts tightend really really tight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just to add

Air guns don't have torque settings, well except ones used in motorsport, your average mechanics air gun just has power settings.

Reading some of the posts, glad to know mechanics will still have a job with all the ones saying it will be fine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dude don't worry , any metal on metal will result in miniscule pieces of metal coming away , it's just friction and isn't a problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic "

Wtf?

And planes, cars, your phone, computers, most everything our society depends on.

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over a year ago

"Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

Wtf?

And planes, cars, your phone, computers, most everything our society depends on.

Wtf?,just because it's made by professionals doesn't make it infallible, nor the professional who builds or maintains anything

Point being, just cos someone says there a professional engineer doesn't make them right, and he wasn't

And really, wtf? Was that really necessary

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over a year ago

"Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

Wtf?

And planes, cars, your phone, computers, most everything our society depends on.

Wtf?,just because it's made by professionals doesn't make it infallible, nor the professional who builds or maintains anything

Point being, just cos someone says there a professional engineer doesn't make them right, and he wasn't

And really, wtf? Was that really necessary

Wtf possibly not, I apologise! I get carried away sometimes (often)!

I agree it doesn't make it infallible. But I do get wound up when peoole on here slag off science and engineering. I thought you were.

It's seems to be tempting for people to bad mouth science and engineering when our society today is totally dependent on both.

Being in both fields I find this worrying at best!

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over a year ago

"Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

Wtf?

And planes, cars, your phone, computers, most everything our society depends on.

Wtf?,just because it's made by professionals doesn't make it infallible, nor the professional who builds or maintains anything

Point being, just cos someone says there a professional engineer doesn't make them right, and he wasn't

And really, wtf? Was that really necessary

Wtf possibly not, I apologise! I get carried away sometimes (often)!

I agree it doesn't make it infallible. But I do get wound up when peoole on here slag off science and engineering. I thought you were.

It's seems to be tempting for people to bad mouth science and engineering when our society today is totally dependent on both.

Being in both fields I find this worrying at best!"

No apology necessary, i was just observing it's not always the science or technology that is wrong, it's sometimes the professionals using it

The guy said he was a professional engineer, yet the advice he gave was dubious at best!

Much like the shuttle o rings,chances are you might get away with damaged wheel bolts, but if it goes wrong, its disastrously wrong

Wasn't a dig at either you, or science /technology, just bad advice from someone who should have known better than say what he did

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

Wtf?

And planes, cars, your phone, computers, most everything our society depends on.

Wtf?,just because it's made by professionals doesn't make it infallible, nor the professional who builds or maintains anything

Point being, just cos someone says there a professional engineer doesn't make them right, and he wasn't

And really, wtf? Was that really necessary

Wtf possibly not, I apologise! I get carried away sometimes (often)!

I agree it doesn't make it infallible. But I do get wound up when peoole on here slag off science and engineering. I thought you were.

It's seems to be tempting for people to bad mouth science and engineering when our society today is totally dependent on both.

Being in both fields I find this worrying at best!

No apology necessary, i was just observing it's not always the science or technology that is wrong, it's sometimes the professionals using it

The guy said he was a professional engineer, yet the advice he gave was dubious at best!

Much like the shuttle o rings,chances are you might get away with damaged wheel bolts, but if it goes wrong, its disastrously wrong

Wasn't a dig at either you, or science /technology, just bad advice from someone who should have known better than say what he did

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By *unky-doryMan
over a year ago

the kingdom

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car.

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic "

and an idiot sank it....he couldnt spell either

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

and an idiot sank it....he couldnt spell either"

Design flaw, ice-berg and hubris.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

and an idiot sank it....he couldnt spell either

Design flaw, ice-berg and hubris.

Every time I watch the movie I think, they might miss it this time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seriously mate you need a new car!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You definitely sure it's wheel bolts and not wheel nuts that are fitted to your car?

Have confused people now? Because both are an option

LOL

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By *ot40sCouple
over a year ago

birmingham

Why don't you just go back to the garage ?

I haven't read the whole thread... sorry !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should ignore all the rubbish replies on here so far.

I am a professional mechanical engineer....listen up!

There is an enormous factor of safety built in to the strength of a wheel nut/bolt.

The rare failure is either the nut/bolt coming slack, due to being incorrectly tightened or the stud snapping off due to excessive shock loading or fatigue due to age and `work hardening`.

The chance of a thread stripping is virtually nil and the `overtightening` that you think you had, is more likely to be corrosion....especially if you have alloy wheels.

Be assured...and forget any relationship with the `flakes`which can be from a number of cause.

Lengthy....but correct!!! lol

Enjoy your car.

Ignore that reply

Agree,proffessional engineering built the titanic

and an idiot sank it....he couldnt spell either"

Funny guy, my spelling wouldn't have caused a disaster, your advice could have

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