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I too, although if it is going to get wet it gets copperslipped! But I would be more careful with kead bolts as being oiled or not really matterrs there.
What size torque wrench do people recommend?
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I was replyiing to you, as you quoted me and asked "how would I do the hub nuts on a D2".
So I replied to you.
Cheers
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when you tighten such nuts youll feel the nut nip then pressure greatly increase till the point with a standard 2ft 1/2 inch breaker bar that you cant tighten it anymore,even jumping on it wont produce many more degrees,that point will correspond to the torque setting give a bit either way but then do most torque wrenches,youd have to go daft and fit a long pipe over the bar to go from that very noticeable point to shearing the nut
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I did mine just by putting a 2ft breaker bar on the nut and jumping my 18st bulk on it a few times
Nice and tight!!!
I foolishly did that in my younger years and nearly lost my left eye. The socket sheared in two with explosive force and one half hit me in the eye. Blood and all sorts, couldn't see. Patched up in A&E and several trips to the eye hospital. Luckily there was no lasting damage but got a lovely scar right down the center of my eyelid.
I to used to use copaslip on everything, but I hated the fact that one little bit ends up all over the place/house/car, we have even been banned form using it at work, as they reckon it causes bi-metal corrosion!
How I have no idea? but they reckon it has been responsible for wheel loss on hgvs. I do not know the back story, but kind of suspect it was someones get out of jail free card!
Since then I have been using alloy anti seize paste (as recomended by Gstuart) seems okay and wipes off easily.
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To lessen that possibility i use chrome Moly sockets
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Twas really a rhetorical question! but never mind. We have both given advice which should be useful!
neilly
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Twas really a rhetorical question! but never mind. We have both given advice which should be useful!
How is that rhetorical?
really how?
I do not know that you know the answer...
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Well it is probably true that we do not read all of each other's posts. Although we do tend to come across one another quite a bit on LZ. But as I had already given the advice on another thread I suppose I thought you might have seen it. But it don't matter. Sometimes you teach me something and I am always grateful when that happens. Better to give the same advice twice than not to give it at all. At least the OP got his Q answered.
Cheers!
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Do agree that it can get every where and also it is one thing that never ever washes out of one's work clothes no matter what you try.
Never heard the bimetal bol locks! Agree about the get out of jail free card. Wheel bolts nuts over tightened sounds like to me! I was given two tins of copperslip, or similar, donkey's years ago by a guy who worked on rigs and had to ensure fittings didn't seize even in North Sea conditions. You use so little I expect I'll be leaving the second tin in my will!
As for the other stuff, never heard of it but sounds good so would be interested in finding out about it, especially if it works better with ally.
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"Like" is not what I meant really! It is absolutely right to point out that a socket does have a shear point and if you are really going to give one some welly it need to be one developed for a powerful windy gun, or one for a bigger sized bar.
Glad you didn't lose the eye! At least you now have a scar that must kill the wimmins!
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Sadly the scar has faded over the last 30 years and I now have to point it out when I go wimmins killin'.
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Oh come on, don't p!ss about, use make up! Empahsize it wiv a bit of eyeliner! They'll never suss it in the disco lights!Sadly the scar has faded over the last 30 years and I now have to point it out when I go wimmins killin'.
