"Aluminum Rims" Any engineers here that work for a wheel manufacturer ? do, not to do
I recently bought new rims & tires at one of the big stores and had some problems.
lugs would not stay tight, even after I checked them all week every day. I finally pulled the right front wheel & looked at it & noticed that it was cracked. Then I remembered that when I went back to have the wheels retorqued the guy that did the right front didn't stop at the clicks with the torque wrench he went way past it.
THe lug nuts they gave me were just temporary open end lugs because they didn't have any chrome ones so they were supposed to order new ones and swap them out but it was too late.
They used an air wrench to start the lugs, I say on aluminum rims the lugs should be started by hand & finish torqued by hand ??
They used a penetrant they said on the studs because they were rusty & put the new lugs on without wiping it off, I know that when you put liquid on a stud regardless of whether or not it was a penetrant or lube it changes the torque specs ?
These aren't the first set of aluminum rims I've ever had but this is the first problem i've had. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this so this doesn't happen again. Any help would be appreciated.