Wheel Spacers And Locktite........
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I would put LockTight on the studs that hold the wheelspacer to the hub. I'll take a look at the instructions.
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I sent this thread to the owner of Spidertrax and has him what he thought.
"As far as our position, we do it for extra safety. Because the wheel
covers the spacer lug nuts, we include the thread lock to ensure the lug
nuts hold their torque during use. Typically, these rigs are not
treated like OEM street machines, so issues of loading & vibration are
taken seriously. That is why we have chosen the use of tread lock for
extra protection while general OEM applications do not. We have a wheel
spacer track record of over 10 years now, so I think it is fair to say
our theory in this application has been proven successful.
In our instructions, we never ask the installer to retorqe but specify
"Double check this torque after driving the vehicle 50 miles".
Basically, you just want to make sure the lug nuts are as tight as they
were, but not tighter. Typically, I will stay on the high side of the
torque allowance during the install and then back off the torque a
little when checking. So, on our WHS-002 spacers, I would install at 90
ft-lb and then check the torque after 50 miles at 85 ft-lb. If the lug
nuts move at all during this check, this will break the thread lock (or
more likely the thread lock has already broke) and you will need to
reinstall the spacers as if you were doing the install for the first time"
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Kingston, ME
Co-Founder & CEO
Spidertrax Off-Road
e-Mail: thomas@spidertrax.com
Phone: (303) 772-0033 x102
Fax: (720) 294-9950
"As far as our position, we do it for extra safety. Because the wheel
covers the spacer lug nuts, we include the thread lock to ensure the lug
nuts hold their torque during use. Typically, these rigs are not
treated like OEM street machines, so issues of loading & vibration are
taken seriously. That is why we have chosen the use of tread lock for
extra protection while general OEM applications do not. We have a wheel
spacer track record of over 10 years now, so I think it is fair to say
our theory in this application has been proven successful.
In our instructions, we never ask the installer to retorqe but specify
"Double check this torque after driving the vehicle 50 miles".
Basically, you just want to make sure the lug nuts are as tight as they
were, but not tighter. Typically, I will stay on the high side of the
torque allowance during the install and then back off the torque a
little when checking. So, on our WHS-002 spacers, I would install at 90
ft-lb and then check the torque after 50 miles at 85 ft-lb. If the lug
nuts move at all during this check, this will break the thread lock (or
more likely the thread lock has already broke) and you will need to
reinstall the spacers as if you were doing the install for the first time"
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Kingston, ME
Co-Founder & CEO
Spidertrax Off-Road
e-Mail: thomas@spidertrax.com
Phone: (303) 772-0033 x102
Fax: (720) 294-9950
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From: Georgia
Thanks, David. Please let Spidertrax know that it wasn't anyone's intent to knock their product in any way. In fact, I even said earlier that I'm sure they make a good product.....just that "I" personally prefer steel. That was good of you to act as middleman and get their recommendation. I think too, that they are spot on about Jeeps not being treated like ordinary vehicles. I was speaking just from an OEM standpoint though, when I should have also taken that into consideration.