New Centerlock Specs/Torque For Track Use. **Read This**
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Excellent observation, never thought about it keeping the wheel from seating properly, but it surely would
Check your rotor screws men!
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As for the screw to locate the rotor, it can have a dab of loctite. They shouldn't be over-tightened and they shouldn't come loose. Maybe someone can check the torque spec.
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Powerful Shop-Vac with brush attachment specifically dedicated for your rotors keeps the greasy hands & gloves away from the rotors and really solves the dust problem. This procedure was very effective in the past.
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Has anyone actually taken the wheel nut apart to grease as suggested? Tech and I had a hard time figuring out how to get the cone ring off to grease as instructed. Looks like it's held on by some type of c-clip that requires a special tool to release.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
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Has anyone actually taken the wheel nut apart to grease as suggested? Tech and I had a hard time figuring out how to get the cone ring off to grease as instructed. Looks like it's held on by some type of c-clip that requires a special tool to release.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
when wheel falls off, i probably hit something
if still alive. i get a cup.
this is just insane.
let's be real here. how many of us REALLY going to grease this thing?
i chk trq on my wheel nuts 2x before and after each session (savyboy saw my ocd), hood pins about 20x before and after each session making sure my passenger door is closed by reclosing it 3x before and after each session.....
and even i think it's too much fess about this CL thing.
i seriously doubt ppl will continue to grease these things all the time.
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Interesting that Porsche appears to be going over the top AR on the centerlock nuts but is completely ignoring the coolant line issue. Makes no sense whatsoever from a liability standpoint given that centerlocks have a locking retainer system to prevent actual wheel loss while it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt or killed by the coolant system fault. The logical conclusion is that different handling of respective issues is down to costs. By releasing the technical bulletin on the centerlocks they shift responsibility and cost back to the customer while a fix for the coolant system fault would be very costly and on Porsche.
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Has anyone actually taken the wheel nut apart to grease as suggested? Tech and I had a hard time figuring out how to get the cone ring off to grease as instructed. Looks like it's held on by some type of c-clip that requires a special tool to release.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
Funny, I just spent three days watching constant wheel changes on Cup cars. Air gun off, air gun on - bang, done. None of this crap and never a mention of grease.
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Then again, you probably don't care since you're dumping your '10 RS for a.....
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^ i noticed i do have grease from factory on the conical section. very little, but it's there.
also, i was told long ago (5 lugs) that i should lithium grease them lightly as well. but most ppl (me inc) never done that?
greasing the outside isn't bad. but if indeed the nut has to be "disassembled" to grease it....... seriously not many will do. especially if you were to swap wheels on track, you be too hot too col or too tired to do it.
now, i do make some noises about the "strange" design issues on the 2010 cars, but let's not make mistake that it is one of the best 911 variant made.
also, i was told long ago (5 lugs) that i should lithium grease them lightly as well. but most ppl (me inc) never done that?
greasing the outside isn't bad. but if indeed the nut has to be "disassembled" to grease it....... seriously not many will do. especially if you were to swap wheels on track, you be too hot too col or too tired to do it.
now, i do make some noises about the "strange" design issues on the 2010 cars, but let's not make mistake that it is one of the best 911 variant made.
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Agreed. Good news is that at 2k miles there was still plenty of visible grease on some of the buried areas that would require dis-assembly to access, so I can't see how it would ever make sense to attempt this every time the nut was off, so to speak.