Torquing Wheels at the Track
02-25-2015, 07:59 PM
#1
Torquing Wheels at the Track
I'm waiting on my GT3 and have been reading the CL wheel threads.
This is the first car I will have with centerlock wheels and I'm a bit unsure of what goes on.
My main question is, I tend to check the torque of my wheels after two sessions or after lunch (after the wheels have had some time to cool down).
With the CL's, do I have to do the same? I've read that to properly torque the wheels, the wheel has to be in the air. This just seems super inconvenient on track.
What are you guys doing for this?
Thanks.
This is the first car I will have with centerlock wheels and I'm a bit unsure of what goes on.
My main question is, I tend to check the torque of my wheels after two sessions or after lunch (after the wheels have had some time to cool down).
With the CL's, do I have to do the same? I've read that to properly torque the wheels, the wheel has to be in the air. This just seems super inconvenient on track.
What are you guys doing for this?
Thanks.
02-25-2015, 09:12 PM
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Center lock is locking, so if it's torqued properly and locked, it should not be possible for it to loosen. Or is it not a correct understanding? I marked the nut compared to socket and wheel, and never saw any relative rotation there. It's not moving at all ever. I do check torque after every track day when I get home, but do not do it during the day because I think it sould not be done on hot wheels.
02-25-2015, 10:13 PM
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Check them in the morning before your session. At lunch pop the caps and check to make sure the locks are still out and flush. If you see that they are not completely out, re torque. If they are, you're good. I did a video not long ago detailing the process. Wheel does have to be in the air but it takes a sec to jack it up an inch or two so really no big deal.
02-25-2015, 10:16 PM
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Center lock is locking, so if it's torqued properly and locked, it should not be possible for it to loosen. Or is it not a correct understanding? I marked the nut compared to socket and wheel, and never saw any relative rotation there. It's not moving at all ever. I do check torque after every track day when I get home, but do not do it during the day because I think it sould not be done on hot wheels.
Check them in the morning before your session. At lunch pop the caps and check to make sure the locks are still out and flush. If you see that they are not completely out, re torque. If they are, you're good. I did a video not long ago detailing the process. Wheel does have to be in the air but it takes a sec to jack it up an inch or two so really no big deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Occky5wSB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Occky5wSB4
Never really got any dirt in them, so no harm....
02-25-2015, 10:28 PM
#6
Drifting
Learned is past weekend a handy little tip for the center lock
Recently mounted all new sneakers and RR center lock after torqueing wouldn't fully spring out to
surface flush lock position : the oem cap removal tool opposite end is made to fit in the center lock
and has a small lip grove that matches a mating surface in the center lock so one can tickle the
the lock right or left while pulling tension out if its hung up so to get lock properly set.
Recently mounted all new sneakers and RR center lock after torqueing wouldn't fully spring out to
surface flush lock position : the oem cap removal tool opposite end is made to fit in the center lock
and has a small lip grove that matches a mating surface in the center lock so one can tickle the
the lock right or left while pulling tension out if its hung up so to get lock properly set.