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I'd be sure it was the nuts that were wrong.
On the ones I got from Tempe, the thread on the studs on the adapters are different to the thread on the ford hubs, but seem to be same size. Tempe provided two different sets of nuts because of this. |
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djmikey wrote: Not tight enough.....rattle guns have never let me down b4 and doubt they ever will. I will be speaking to the tyre guys tomorrow and see what they say, I will take the nuts in too.
rattle guns are a good way to warp the brake discs and cause brake shudder problems, because they often over tighten the wheel nuts unevenly... the only time a rattle gun should EVER be used on a wheel is to undo it, or when using a special "torque" stick socket. |
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Hey djmikey, I had a similar thing happen. Except my wheels had been on for close to a year, and without hub adapters!
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ive been running 19" rims on i think the same hub adaptors as yours above now for round 6 months and only ever had to tighten one just a smidgin...i still checkem every now and again when i remove the rims to give em a thorough clean bnut never any issues like this
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kev, its the user not the product
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XCH45R wrote: hence the reason u buy e-series offset wheels for your car.. i ran adaptors on mine and had nothing but troubles too
care to elaborate on the problems you had? |
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djmikey wrote: as did some old steel wheel nuts I had here.
theres your problem right there
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djmikey wrote: Not tight enough.....rattle guns have never let me down b4 and doubt they ever will. I will be speaking to the tyre guys tomorrow and see what they say, I will take the nuts in too.
impact gun or not you still didn't tell us how many turn you got on the nuts. by the looks of your pics you barely had 3 or 4 threads holding on |
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fuzion wrote: kev, its the user not the product
yeah true dude hehe there was only the one time where i heard a small knocking and thought one of the wheels was gonna come off and it was only one nut on one hub had come loose apart from that no issues and like loads of other memebrs theyve been running fine for ages...
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The threaded part of the studs are about 3cm long, so you can't say there was only a few turns holding them on. To cut a long story short, I am nor returning the adapters and selling the wheels.
Below is a pic of my car with the wheels on. (taken b4 my drive)
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Your selling it as you did a mistake and won't admit it? s**t happens dude, you fitted them wrongly and it came off. It has nothing to do with the hub adapters as you can see a number of people used/using them and have no problems except you.
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Thats alot of damage! I would ahve stuck wiht the wheels u had! LOL. Sorry mate, better luck next time. Hope the repairs all go well!
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djmikey wrote: The threaded part of the studs are about 3cm long, so you can't say there was only a few turns holding them on. To cut a long story short, I am nor returning the adapters and selling the wheels.
Below is a pic of my car with the wheels on. (taken b4 my drive) did you check or did you just assume 3cm long is enough. have you seen how long the factory mag wheel studs are on falcons. the difference is huge, when i put EF mont ghia rims on my dads EB i changed all the studs to avoid your problem hub adapters aren't the problem, i've run 2inch wide adapters/spacers on my hilux 4x4, it also has 35inch tall, 11.5inch wide tyres on 15x10 inch wheels. my hilux puts a hell of lot more stress on the studs and nuts while offroad then you falcon was over going too, and i have never once had anything come loose or fall off. |
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the wheels didn't suite your ride anyway!
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Dang those wheels are fineee.
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