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Wheel Spacers Retorque

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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Default Wheel Spacers Retorque

I know this is a dumb question but i'm new to wheel spacers. After 100 miles when I retorque do I have to take off the tires/wheels or keep them on and retorque just the lugs from the outside.
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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You need to take the wheels off and retorque the spacers then replace the wheels.
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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What Robar said. The aluminum wheel spacers can crush a bit on install and you're just double checking to make sure this has not happend or if it has, to make up the difference.
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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I retorqued my Spidertrax spacers 5 ft lbs less than the origional torque and only one out of 20 made up a bit more. It may have not been pressed in quite as much at the factory. I check them when I rotate the tires and nothing has budged since then.
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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Same here with spidertrax, haven't moved, I have 14,000 miles on the jk, put them on about 6000, no probs and I check them regularly
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