BQuicksilver

I know it's a good idea to give everything a good once over now and then for those of us who track our cars, but has anyone ID'ed any particular fasteners that are often loose when you check?

I just figure it would be nice info for all of us to know where we should be extra careful looking things over.

I can't say I've ID'ed any yet (other than lugs of course).

0Randy@DRM

All of them with threads! Check over all of them in the suspension, brakes, and steering. There is about 40 bolts in total.

Randy

BQuicksilver

I agree they should all be checked Randy....we both know that. But I'm hoping for particulars here.

0Randy@DRM

If I only had X amount of time to check things this would be my order.

1. Brake bolts, first off because they are all blind holes which have the greatest chance of becoming lose.

2. Then the lower control arm bolts, well they just have a hard life in a roadrace car

3. Swaybar end links, mostly the rod-end type. They just loosen up.

4. dampener bolt, you can draw a line across it and just take a look!

5. Well the rule of thumb in prep is to work as hard as long as you can until the day the car hits the track.


Ok in answer to your question, I haven't notice any crazy bolt failures. These cars are very well put together. Cars that have been apart too many times can run into problems if the hardware hasn't been replaced.

Randy

Sidney004

This is an eye opening thread. I have not checked some of those bolts...ever. Randy, do you use loctite on the racing cars?

gkmccready

From C6 Tech it sounds like the axle nut can be loose. 107ft-lb. 1 5/16" socket.

Olitho

It is not a bolt, but the most common failure I find is the wheel hub assembly.

Check your hub flanges for signs of cracking. I seem to crack mine fairly regularly.

You need to pull the rotors and look at the corner of the flange the wheel lugs are on where it attachs to the round center portion of the hub. In that 90 degree corner is where they crack with heavy track use.

Other than that, the only thing I notice that comes loose are the bolts on the ends of my T1 sway bars.


Fastest regards,

Oli

davidfarmer

hub bolts (the torx bolts on the back) seem to come loose a lot. If the lower bolts comes loose, it can jam up against the ball joint nut, and getting it all back together properly can be a really PITA

AU N EGL

and during the event the NUT behind the streering wheel tends to come loose as well.

MattW_VA

Mine were loose, at 7000 miles the drivers side was alarmingly loose, passenger side less so.

I thought it was 118lb-ft?

MNCrystalRed2011

I have had this happen to my 2002 Coupe, I believe the torque is 125ft/lbs.

0Randy@DRM

Sure we use loctite. I know it's not the best way but we have good results using it, in some applications.

Randy