Re: Wheels' Lug nuts loosened unexpectedly

Tegger wrote:
> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in 
> news:IfqdnZVLvYsdkh3VnZ2dnUVZ_rvinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Were the wheel on the ground when you did the final tightening?
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> Exactly what I was wondering.
> 
> I don't think final tightening should ever be done with the entire
weight 
> of the car bearing on the wheels.
> 
> I drop the car so the wheels are pressed into the pavement just enough
to 
> keep them from turning and no more. Assuming I'm working on wheels with
no 
> way of locking them mechanically, that is.
> 
> 
> 
>> Was the wheel properly seated before lowering the vehicle to the
ground?
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> 
> I've never personally seen rust or aluminum corrosion cause wheel nut 
> loosening (although the pro's here may have different observations...).
> I /have/ seen rust or corrosion cause odd clicking noises at the wheels 
> when going around tight, slow turns.
> 
  Gosh you'd think this was the space shuttle.  I use a small 4 way lug 
wrench and calibrated elbow,  when my elbow clicks it's good enough and 
thus far warped rotors have never been a problem.  Now I did have a 
neighbor that managed to twist off a lug bolt on his honda,  and to 
compensate for that he tightened the other three,  and twisted another 
off, and I don't remember if he twisted a third off or not but I wound 
up helping him replace the lug bolts on that wheel.    And if you ever 
get an old mazda pickup and some old buicks  and probably a few other 
makes and models some of the threads are reversed side to side.  And I 
had a 280Z with only three lug bolts on one of the front wheels.  I 
drove it that way four or five years until they finally caught it on the 
annual safety check.  Never warped the rotor on that wheel either.  I 
almost always put a little grease or oil on the threads and nut and if 
it's an alloy wheel always the back of the wheel or surface it rests 
against.