Need engineers thoughts on wheel offset
Travel trailer wheels have either a centered or outside offset. My question is this. I have outside offset wheels and have sheared off wheel bolts on 2 different wheels I have weighed everything and I...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:You still don't want to do that with lug nuts.
Reduce the torque values by 25% for lubricated fasteners.
Lubricated: coated with a lubricant such as engine oil, thread sealant or threadlocker.
go to 7:20 in the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ndeXiZUeM
This is a good video that shows why you should be torquing your wheel lug nuts.
friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and he said never to put lube on a wheel stud if there is no lubricated spec. 25% is just a guess.
