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[Chris_D]

Agreed on the torque wrench for tightening. For the M (120 Nm) and the X (140 Nm), it always felt "too little" so if I had done them by hand, I would have over torqued them no doubt.

make sure u tell those MOT mechanics to use a torque wrench if they have ur wheels off pvr!
:lol:

Hmm, go back through my history and you see a post about my X5 where they had over torqued the wheels on the last service so when I put the winter wheels on, the locking nut was impossible to remove - no matter what method used. It was a very expensive removal process ...

Been there too. Swapped my own winter/summer wheels for the last 10 years and on one occasion must have overtightened a bolt, even always using torquewrench. Poss dirt in thread or whatever. Managed to break it free but since that have always spent extra time cleaning bolt and hub threads and adding a small amount of copper grease on top 5 bolt threads nearest the head.
Reduced torque by 5nm to compensate for grease.
Works for me but horses for courses!

 

[ben g]

I've actually snapped a wheel bolt in half before! It was the first time I'd tried to remove the wheels after buying the Z4, in preparation to fit some lowering springs. Not a nice experience.

Ended up having to remove the rear brake disc and remove the remaining thread. I was not impressed.

 

[Paulwirral]

Wow , 5 pages on tightening wheel nuts !
Enjoy the wheel brace marlon , they work fine , it was a good purchase