[s-cars] RETorquing wheels

[Bernie Benz]

Teddy writes:
>
> i'm not necessarily claiming that the loads are going high enough to
> exceed the tension in the bolts, but they could be high enough to
> reduce the clamping force and friction force enough for the wheel to
> move under heavy loads.
>
> and as you know, you can torque the bolts only so high before the
> bolt fails.  you could go to a stronger bolt, but then what's the
> next weak link in the chain?  are your rotors going to warp?
>
And I thought maybe your posts might be getting more realistic!

What do you think the yield torque of a 15mm fine pitch bolt might be,
relative to the 90'# torque spec?  And what might make a rotor warp?

Bernie