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05-06-2005, 04:06 PM
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Check List Between Runs
I will be going to my first DE Event soon and I was wondering what you track pros check on your car between runs.
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05-07-2005, 05:38 AM
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If your car is in otherwise good condition, about all you need to check between sessions is your tire pressures and fluid levels. Never hurts to check the wheel lugs either!
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05-25-2005, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by genericwood
If your car is in otherwise good condition, about all you need to check between sessions is your tire pressures and fluid levels. Never hurts to check the wheel lugs either!
Erik
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05-25-2005, 06:45 PM
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Wish I would of checked my brake lights the brake switch broke. Who knows when but an offical brought it to my attention. I did not check it before the event. I will have to miss the rest of the event this week end so sad.
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05-25-2005, 07:06 PM
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Make sure you use a torque wrench on your wheel nuts (otherwise they may work loose ... and yes I have seen it happen on alloy wheels) ... and for Pete's sake they only need to be torqued to something like 40 ftlbs ... not 1200 like some monkeys do. All that over torquing them leads to is damaged wheels and broken studs/bolts.
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05-25-2005, 08:20 PM
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It must depend on the wheel. The specs for the alloy wheels on my Audi are 85 ft-lbs.
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I assume the Audi's are not tapered then?
The other recommendation I swear by ... is to never, ever let those fncken air racket horrible crude things at your wheel nuts. Even though they are supposed to be set to a torque setting, they don't and I have seen steel wheels split because of those things. When I have no choice I always undo when I get home and retorque with a REAL tool.
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05-25-2005, 08:44 PM
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It must depend on the wheel. The specs for the alloy wheels on my Audi are 85 ft-lbs.
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05-26-2005, 06:03 AM
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Actually, the mags that came with the car are tapered and BBS I use with my snow tires are ball (both bolts and both wheels are hub centric). Since I don't know any better, I tighten both of them plus my wife's steel winter wheels and summer mags and the Panasports on my Alfa to 85 ft-lbs. Since I'm lazy I use an air gun set very low then finish with a torque wrench. I'll have to check and see if I can find any general recomendations for wheel nuts.
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Wow that is tight ... but as you say you should go by the manufacturers specs (if they exist).
I assume the Audi's are not tapered then?
The other recommendation I swear by ... is to never, ever let those fncken air racket horrible crude things at your wheel nuts. Even though they are supposed to be set to a torque setting, they don't and I have seen steel wheels split because of those things. When I have no choice I always undo when I get home and retorque with a REAL tool.
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05-26-2005, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by GTV4EVR
Actually, the mags that came with the car are tapered and BBS I use with my snow tires are ball (both bolts and both wheels are hub centric). Since I don't know any better, I tighten both of them plus my wife's steel winter wheels and summer mags and the Panasports on my Alfa to 85 ft-lbs. Since I'm lazy I use an air gun set very low then finish with a torque wrench. I'll have to check and see if I can find any general recomendations for wheel nuts.
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My father used to own a car repair workshop and he used to get tyre work done by the local tyre fitters, etc. ... who love the air rattle guns. Even my father (who is a strong chap) used to have trouble undoing them afterwards ... and we did get a few complaints from customers who could not get their wheels OFF after the use of rattle gun ... and thus we had to ensure we undid the wheels nuts when the cars came back from the tyre people and do up again by hand. Trying to get these morons to set their rattle guns OR to not use them was impossible 
Thus as with every tool ... proper use probably makes all the difference, and you are not a tyre fitting moron like these people were 
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Pete
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