Check your Wheel Bolts if you have 20mm Spacers.

[LexLuther]

Bolts on Spacers

The wheel Bolts on the spacers would be ok if you used locktight.

i brought some spacers for the clio h and r ones

opened the box and then decided not to fit them

they bolted to the hub and then you bolted to them to the wheel ?

Problem being you cant check the spacer is tight without talking wheel of on track days and such like .

id love it wider as even on 8j it looks narrow . But running spacers is something i would only consider when running studs nut conversion

 

[A2ON]

The wheel Bolts on the spacers would be ok if you used locktight.

I dont like using the "it will be ok" logic myself .

Id prefer to be able to to check them on site.

 

[Weo]

Might have been mentioned but if I've missed it, iirc tighten to 110nm sure it says that in handbook

 

[Robo_#1]

I dont like using the "it will be ok" logic myself .

Id prefer to be able to to check them on site.

You could if you took the wheel off. But I agree that is a ball ache.

 

[Foxspeed]

clio wheel bolts are depending on where you look either 130nm or 140nm

"too tight" says who - the man in the street...renault know how tight they need to be!

as for lock tight to hold/fasten bolts - whats wrong with that!!! used extensively in the motor vehicle engineering trade :coffee:

 

[shakey_hand_man]

This thread is nuts haha

Try to avoid using loctite thread lock on wheel bolts, should not be required due to the bolt pre-load being so high and is more likely to be a real pain next time you need a wheel off

Could the hub threads of been drilled and helicoiled to save money??

Have to agree with others: sounds like an over or under torqued situation -otherwise we'd be seeing this happening to others on standard OEM setup!

 

[Foxspeed]

This thread is nuts haha

Try to avoid using loctite thread lock on wheel bolts, should not be required due to the bolt pre-load being so high and is more likely to be a real pain next time you need a wheel off

lock tight not for the wheel bolts its the bolts for the spacers...

 

[LexLuther]

Wheel bolts. I found out what and why I had the issue.

I have now worked out why I had the issue. The bolts I ordered had threads 20mm longer. But the problem was the taper on these bolts was in the form of a washer that was loose from the bolt. The taper washer was 10mm long. When fitted to the bolt the thread was now only 10mm longer.

I missed spotting this difference when fitting them.

 

[930Tech]

They sound like wobble bolts or compliance bolts.

Used for fitting wheels with slightly different PCD's

Alfa's have a 4x98 (mm) stud pattern but you can fit 4x100 (mm) wheels from say a golf or renault with these type of bolts.