VW Golf Mk2 Owners Club

Technical => Technical => Wheels, Brakes & Tyres => Topic started by: mk24ever on April 28, 2023, 01:32:01 PM

Title: wheel-nut-fastening by gut-feeling
Post by: mk24ever on April 28, 2023, 01:32:01 PM
if you just have the vehicle-toolkit and no torque-wrench,
which is often the case in emergency situations.

how to put on the right torque ?
Title: Re: wheel-nut-fastening by gut-feeling
Post by: Eddypeck on April 28, 2023, 02:50:38 PM
if you just have the vehicle-toolkit and no torque-wrench,
which is often the case in emergency situations.

how to put on the right torque ?

Go tight! very very tight

And go back over them, as when you do one tight, when you do the next one tight it can make the one you previously did go slack.

if you don't accidents can happen  ::)

(https://eddypeck.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/img_0482.jpg)