Ray_li

Does any body have two sets of locking wheel nuts on their scooby?

I know you can still get them off but it will take a little longer and effert.

is it safe to run with 2 sets of locking wheel nuts?

Ray

IanK Spec C

Ray,

Locking nuts don't usually have as much thread as the standard nuts. You need at least 9 turns with the fine pitch thread on Scoobies. Just go for one set of good quality ones such as McGard.

Regards,

Ian

Ray_li

Iv just bought some mcgard locking wheel nut and iv compared the depth of the thread of the normal ones and the mcgards have 5mm less thread.

IanK Spec C

But how many full turns are you getting?

Ian

Ray_li

not tried yet.
going on holiday next week so the wheels are staying in the garage until i get back.

Ray_li

if I get at least 9 turns on locking wheel nut I should be ok?

richiewong

I paranoid enough to use 2 sets of McGards on my summer wheels and a single set of 'tuner' McGards on my winter wheels

micared

Used 2 sets on mine for more than a year with no issues....if one nut comes off there are still four others holding the wheel on anyway, where's the problem?

Ray_li

Richie - nice photo dude. you seem to have a photo for every question posted on scoobynet.
I pain £32 for a set of Mcgards today from halfords

Micared - thats what I like to hear funny man

Ray_li

What torque setting for the nuts on 17" MY00?

richiewong

65ftlb will do nicely

stockcar

just to confirm the 65ft/lbs torque setting applies to all models.....................

alyn

IanK Spec C

[QUOTE=stockcar]just to confirm the 65ft/lbs torque setting applies to all models.....................

Hi Alyn,

An article in a copy of True grip recommends 90ft/lbs. Why such a difference?

Best regards,

Ian

stockcar

no idea............what exactly were they recomended for??
that's a stupidly high torque figure (90ft/lb) and could well result in stud/thread problems...................apart from the puncture nightmare when you can't get the wheel off stuck at the side of the road...............

we use 65ft/lb on all alloys and in over 12yrs of mainly m/sport & high mileage road cars have never had any issues..............

alyn

richiewong

[QUOTE=IAN K UK300]
I had that article, I think should be 90NM as its approx 65ftlb

Jerry B

I bought a second set of nuts for a classic that had thicker disc bells for precisely the reason that they had MORE thread on them, as there was less of the studs protruding through the bell face. The standard nuts have thread that stops a way short of the inner edge of the nut, whereas both sets of locking nuts had 1-2mm more thread closer to the inner edge and were made of harder stuff too.

Both sets were Subaru supplied.

GREEN SCOOBY

Ive had two sets on for 4 years now, 1 subaru, 1 halfords and never thought about thread size etc but they have never come slack once.What happens if they are too tight,do the rims not sit on the hub as good? or thet might just strip the nuts!