[s-cars] More on audi wheel bolts/studs/torque

[Bernie Benz]

Ah, come on Scott!  You must be kidding!  Your torque wrench knows if it is
torquing a lubed or dry bolt and thus reads differently because?  BS!
If your wrench reads 100 '#, its 100'# applied to a wet noodle or a head
strong bolt.  Too much KY on hand, Scott?

> "since the "backing" out isn't necessarily a A/S problem."
Up to this point no one has proposed that the root problem is the backing
out of the bolts, at least not before the clamping force has been reduced to
zero by another active mechanism, creep of the aluminum wheel material.
Don't go out on this limb, Scott, until you have scribed a felt marker line
across the bolt head and wheel, such that you can check for bolt unwind
rotation just before you have to retorque.

Bernie

> From: QSHIPQ at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:21:59 EDT
> To: lenoble at optonline.net
> Cc: urq at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at audifans.com,
> v8 at audifans.com, 200q20v at audifans.com, audi20v at rennlist.org
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] More on audi wheel bolts/studs/torque
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> Many have, including audisport.  It happens.  Lubricant is a wet torque
> specification, which means the use of it adds torque (yes Bernie, I ckd).
> Wet torque is always less than dry torque.  Depending on the brand and
> content of the A/S you use (they are not ALL created equal), this will
> change.
>
> Even if you decide to use A/S, retorquing of the wheels should be a standard
> procedure, since the "backing" out isn't necessarily a A/S problem.
>
> SJ