Casualties of the snow

[lozz]

Idont let the Tyre Monkey, tighten the wheel bolts, with the windy gun,

they feck up the Threads, carry a decent strong arm in the boot, its extra weight but does a better job with less effort
than the poxy snap off wheel brace you get with the pugs,

[Bailes1992]

If you used a torque wrench to do them up you'd realise how little pressure you need to do up whele bolts. They arent very tight at all!

[rwb]

Idont let the Tyre Monkey, tighten the wheel bolts, with the windy gun,

They did that first and then the portly pikey bounced on the torque wrench

carry a decent strong arm in the boot, its extra weight

Clearly you haven't seen what's in my boot

but does a better job with less effort
than the poxy snap off wheel brace you get with the pugs,

[rwb]

The wheel nuts will be 17 or 19mm, and the torque is 66 foot pounds.

Haha, you must've answered that while I was looking it up 90NM

It is indeed 19.

Copper slip on wheel bolts: yes or no?

They're very dry and 'catch' as when turning by hand. It feels like they need a dab on the rusted part of the thread, but I thought I'd better check with a grown-up...

The threads I've seen on this, people seem to be pretty evenly divided. There also seems to be some confusion between smothering the bolt with copper slip (sounds like a bad idea to me) and just a little on the threaded part.

[Bailes1992]

Get a fine wire bursh and give the wheel bolts a good brushing.
Give them a squirt of WD40 and a wipe with a cloth to get rid of any rusty dust.
Put a little copper slip on the centre bore of the wheel hub and on the wheel bolts.l

If they are still catching while you are doing them up then you may need to get a tap to clean the threads out.

[jasper5]

The wheel nuts will be 17 or 19mm, and the torque is 66 foot pounds.

Haha, you must've answered that while I was looking it up 90NM

It is indeed 19.

Copper slip on wheel bolts: yes or no?

They're very dry and 'catch' as when turning by hand. It feels like they need a dab on the rusted part of the thread, but I thought I'd better check with a grown-up...

The threads I've seen on this, people seem to be pretty evenly divided. There also seems to be some confusion between smothering the bolt with copper slip (sounds like a bad idea to me) and just a little on the threaded part.

Definitely no copper slip on wheel bolts, always a dab of ordinary grease....wheel bolts with copper slip on the threads are a pain when you undo them later down the line, one of my pet hates as a pro mechanic

[Bailes1992]

Whats wrong with copper grease?

It's an anti sieze compound that works well into high figures.

Perfect for wheel bolts! I've never had an issue removing wheel bolts or studs that have been treated with copper grease!

[jasper5]

Whats wrong with copper grease?

It's an anti sieze compound that works well into high figures.

Perfect for wheel bolts! I've never had an issue removing wheel bolts or studs that have been treated with copper grease!

The stuff goes hard and used on wheel bolt/nut threads causes the nuts/bolts to be very tight in the threads.....irritates the hell out of me!!

You forget, I service and repair cars for a living, I see this irritation constantly.