Wheelnuts

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NL_Fer
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Joined: 15 Jun 2014, 09:48

Wheelnuts

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So this weekend Haas ruined theirs with the crossthreading of two wheelnuts/axles. I know the axle’s aluminium is a soft metal and care needs to be taken. But how do teams normaly prevent wrecking the threads?

I know one trick is to turn a screw backwards until in “falls” in the thread and than fasten it, does it work for wheelnuts and do they have the time for it?

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Sieper
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Joined: 14 Mar 2017, 15:19

Re: Wheelnuts

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No, one no time to waste, two massive forces and rpms with these guns. It aint an easy fix.

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