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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars Type 407 onwards - restoration, repair, maintenance etc |
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![]() I am constantly surprised by this odd question. A wheel should be
tightened by hand, using the hand tools provided and removed the same way. Assuming average strenght this equates to some 70 / 80 lbs but it is quite irrelevant. You are not going to bother with a torque wrench or even have one when dealing with a flat on the highway!! Wheels have been tightened by hand around the world for some 80 years, and I have certainly never come across this issue except on this Forum! I am also very much involved in racing and many of my fellow racers have to re and re their wheels by hand. Take it as a fact that the stress and loading on the track far exceed the requirements or stresses of a Bristol! I am leaving in a few hours for a car tour of Continental Europe. Based on past experience, I know that after a suitable breakfast I will be able to do or undo the wheel nuts on my car and my wheels will not over-take me on the Stelvio! Dorien |
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