I just traded for a set of 4 used Spidertrax spacer. I traded my old Rubicon sliders, I thought that was a good deal.

I remember people talking about using locktite. Do I use it just on the nuts holding the spacers to the jeep or also on the nuts holding the wheels to the spacers? Also is it the red or blue locktite? How hard is it to get the locktited nuts off?

Thanks for your help!

 

spacers to the hub but i didnt...if you use an impact wrench those suckers arnt going nowhere

 

red loc tite...and only use it on the nuts holding the spacer to the hubs

 

i didnt use it either...no need imo...i could be wrong, but i just dont see a point for it...mine are on and haven't had any trouble...i drove about 500 miles and then checked them again and they're still as tight as the day i put them on

 

So far...

Spidertrax says to use red loctite and torque to 90 ft lbs. It then says to torque the lug nuts to spec (which I also take to be 90 ft lbs), but doesn't say to use loctite on those. I've only removed the spacers once and the red stuff wasn't that bad to deal with. Seems like a lot could go wrong with aluminum, steel and an impact wrench. It's usually a bad thing when wheels come off all unplanned like.

 

I be damn if I wasn't thinking about this on the way home about an hour ago

Figured it couldn't hurt on the spacers but you would never want to put that stuff on your lugs! Could you imagine gettin a flat out in the middle of nowhere and wrestling with trying to break the lugs!?!

 

no offense intended here crazyhorse...but to the OP...I do NOT reccomend this at all, get yourself a torque wrench and torque the nuts to 90ft/lbs.
And you only need a single drop of red loctite per stud to hold them on, and recheck them after 300-500 miles...good luck...oh and yeah don't use loctite on your lugs to hold the wheels on, just the spacers to axle

 

x2 and use a torque wrench to properly install the spacers. I think Spidertrax recommends 90'lbs. Some on this forum go as high as 105' lbs.

 

I used one drop of red locktite and torque to 90 lbs. I have never had one of the spacer lugs come loose. I double checked at every rotation in the past on my 07 X & on my Commander, and when I removed this particular set.

I highly recommend a torque wrench for this install and for any time in the future when you or a shop removes a wheel for any reason. Torqueing your own lugs to the exact specs should add peace of mind.

 

Torque-to-spec with a drop of loctite when the spacer manufacturer asks for it=

GIT-R-DUN with an impact and ignorance of torque specs =

If you do a couple of searches on here, you'll find a thread where a wheel came of while the vehicle was in motion. Spacers were installed. The general consensus of the folks on that thread was that careless use of an impact was at fault - stretched the studs.