Have you always been the one to r/r the wheel? I suspect some ham-fisted mechanic may have damaged it previously. Have you considered a Heli-Coil thread repair?
Have you always been the one to r/r the wheel? I suspect some ham-fisted mechanic may have damaged it previously. Have you considered a Heli-Coil thread repair?
Properly done, a Helicoil in aluminum is considerably stronger than the original threads!
Matt
Properly done, a Helicoil in aluminum is considerably stronger than the original threads!A machinist told me that that too, said that aircraft parts will be helicoiled for that reason.
Matt
Have you tested your torque wrench to see if it reads correctly? Some are off even when they are new. I have one that is off by 13#s at 80. I don't know where you can get it tested but we have a gauge to check ours on at work.
Also if you had any oil on the threads the torque setting will be too high.
That said, the only time I have ever stripped out threads was with a torque wrench.
Yeah, I tested it at work when I got it, it was spot on. I didn’t have grease on the bolt but it did have loctite on it. Just one of those fluke things I suppose.
In my opinion liquid Loctite on clean threads will act a lot like oil thus I will reduce the amount of torque I use to at least the lower end on the spectrum. Another thing to consider is don't use one wrench to cover all bases. Torque Wrenches are at their absolute worst in the lower 20 percent of their range. You are much better off with a wrench dialed up into the middle 2/3's of its range.