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Alpine

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just thought I'd ask whether you think buying a torque wrench for correctly tightening up wheel nuts is a worthwhile investment.

what torque setting are the nuts on an S2, and what size attachment would i need?

cheers
 
i bought one out of screwfix for £12.50 and i use a normal socket (19 mm from memory). Sorry cant recall the torque settings at the moment.

i think it was a worthwhile investment for alloy wheels and nuts.
 
19mm For the S2 nuts not sure of the torque though as I'm at work at the mo. FWIW I bought a torque wrench for the first time last year from machine mart - and I've used it countless times. If you are in the habit of replacing bits of your 944 then I would say get one. It'll make you feel like a proper grease monkey!

Phil
 
Invaluable tool, got mine from Machine Mart as well. It was good value at about £20ish. Torque setting in Nm is 130Nm, I read somewhere that a dab of copper grease on the studs helps before you tighten your nuts [:D][FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]Dave [8D][FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
Yep agree with the copper grease. I ordered a tub from opie when I bought the transmission fluid so it's copper grease with everything at my house.
 
Remember to wear gloves when applying copper grease - good stuff though as it also keeps the water out, so good to use on mating surfaces as well (stops corrosion occuring between hub and alloy).

Torque wrench is also a must for untightening overtightened bolts.

Favourite tools at the mo:-

Windy gun
Ratchet Spanners.

Mainly I guess cos I'm lazy and impatitient!!
 
ORIGINAL: carlmthompson

Ratchet Spanners.

Mainly I guess cos I'm lazy and impatitient!!
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[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]Thats reminded me I must get some of those spanners ! very useful when changing engine mounts, unfortunately I didn't have any so ended up getting wrist cramp [:-][FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]Dave[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
96lb/ft or 130Nm

1/2" more strdy than 3/8" (both refer to the size of the snap on spigot/hole)

I think from memory its 19mm socket size

Paul
 
Strip them then back them off a quarter![:)]
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[:D][:D][:D] superb...............

Please note that the torque figure assumes clean threads. Clean off all residue from stud and nut and a `smidgen` of coppergrease thereafter is all they need. Dirty threads multiply the torque reading so it is wrong.

1/2" is the size of the sq drive, go for that one IMHO as you can always get a 1/2 to 3/8 reducer so you have the best of both worlds[;)]

BTW why are they so highly torqued?? The rear hub nut is some 390 lb ft??
 
ORIGINAL: Fred Hindle

Strip them then back them off a quarter![:)]
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Cheers Fred [:D][:D][:D][:D]

You sound like an excellent candidate for the 944 pit crew at our next track day [:eek:]

Paul (Hilux) I always thought our nut torque of 130 Nm was pretty low becuase they are soft alloy nuts. The torque figure on my steel nutted VW van is 180 Nm
 
Also use a 19mm single hex socket. When I used my double hex socket it rouned off the nut because the nuts are made of soft aluminium and the double hex socket only applies the force to the very corners of the nut that can't take the pressure. It's also good to spend the extra and get the nylon sockets that don't rub the black coating off the nuts (if it's still on that is).
 
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