Hi, I'm having a friend who owns an auto repair store help me install a spacer kit made by Alloy USA 5x5 bolt pattern 1.5" (red) on front and rear wheels tomorrow. Theyre made for the JK but what should I do while installing. and should I get wheels rebalanced or go into alignment again after the install?. Thanks in advance Im a search idiot so. excuse my thread.

 

Lock-tite, proper torque, proper maintenance

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ation-write-up

 

Would it break the loctite after retightning after 100 miles?. i should get like the gasket washers between the wheel and hub out right? also is it really that important to torque exactly at 95-100 lbs? whatd happen if its tighter? like if we used a lug drill to tighten like ones at tire shops? thank you

 

also is loctite absolutely necessary?

 

Only if you don't mind them loosening up and falling off, I guess.

Read the install guide, it will tell you to use a quality thread locker.

If you tighten them tighter, have spare studs handy to replace the broken ones with. And for the re-tighten, set the torque wrench a bit less than the required torque. That way it will start clicking (stop tightening) before it has the potential to break them loose.

 

The alloy usa ones did not come with loctite. where can I get one? and which should I get. also do you think the lug nut tighetening guns have a torque setting when they click is that enough?. thats prolly 100 lbs. o well...thanks anyway..

 

Any autoparts store. It's only a few dollars.

The guns are impacts, aren't they? I would guess that it would have no problem at all breaking the locktite free. Get yourself a torque wrench, (I think they are around $20 at harbor freight?) and check the torque with every single tire rotation.



Then again, if you have no intention of doing any maintenance, do yourself a huge favor and return the spacers and order new rims with the appropriate backspacing...

 

Dont have the money for new wheels which is why i used spacers. also yes impacts. are those right?. ok. what diameter is the torque wrench I should get...seriously though. is it ok to use impact to tighten them at first time around then use torque wrench to retighten? and I doubt it would break the lugs.. these are durable high quality stuff.

 

Also its a jeep, not a le-mans car that has brakes that glow red hot...it wont be used to pull 1.2 lateral G's at a road course race track or autocross...I dont see how it can break lugnuts unless you drive down-right like an a-hole even when its done with an impact...just saying

 

Also is it Loctite Threadlocker red 271 that would be used?