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hello there

Interested in peoples opinions on this please - I've posted a topic in the technical forum under the heading 'powder coated wheel came off' - all is explained there, but i thought it would be a good idea to get some cross referenceing between forums for greater coverage.

Basically my F/N wheel decided to make a break for freedom in true steve macqeen style - luckily it was at a relatively low speed and all is well, but it could have been a lot worse.

So, how often do you check your nuts

Thats happened to me, so not often enough

You have sort of answered your own question....
After painting (powder coating) the nuts/bolts tighten onto paint and so it is not unheard of for wheels to come loose.
What people should do....is to re-toque the wheels (180NM) after a few days driving (ideally remove and refit each wheel nut and bolt but I know thats a bit much)
Infact it's good practice to re-torque wheels two times (after removal and again after road test)
Once the initial paint is compressed/flaked away, the bolts don't come undone.
And as these are 14mm the tighteness is considerably higher than you would expect...thats why you should invest in a cheapish torque wrench to take away the guesswork.

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Martin

Honest answer.

Never.

Honest answer:

When they work loose!!

Agree on the advice given.

Insist that your garage/wheel place uses a torque wrench rather than just doing them up on the air gun.

get an engineers pen/ grease pencil that writes on anything, mark the bolt and mark the wheel so you can see if its moved.