Need a little help with a tech question
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From: shelton ct
Need a little help with a tech question
Hello All,
A quick question to all you C5 owners out there. I have a '02 Z06 and when I shook my left front wheel during a tech inspection at a local event it felt like I had a bad ball joint or a really worn hub assembly. Upon further inspection I found that the bolts that go into the hub assembly from the back were loose and had backed out about a 1/4" each. After removing the bolts and checking the threads I put some loctite on them and re-installed them. The car seems fine now and the right side checked out just fine. My question is what would cause these to back out? The car has never been apart and only has 25k miles on it. Granted plenty of track and autocross miles but I can't imagine why these would back out. Anyone else have this problem? Any guess why it would happen?
Thanks,
Brian
A quick question to all you C5 owners out there. I have a '02 Z06 and when I shook my left front wheel during a tech inspection at a local event it felt like I had a bad ball joint or a really worn hub assembly. Upon further inspection I found that the bolts that go into the hub assembly from the back were loose and had backed out about a 1/4" each. After removing the bolts and checking the threads I put some loctite on them and re-installed them. The car seems fine now and the right side checked out just fine. My question is what would cause these to back out? The car has never been apart and only has 25k miles on it. Granted plenty of track and autocross miles but I can't imagine why these would back out. Anyone else have this problem? Any guess why it would happen?
Thanks,
Brian
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I've had this happen plenty of times, but not on my C5. On my boat trailer. It drives me nuts with this.
I'd suggest you buy new lugs right now and replace. Otherwise.........
I'd check to see if they are the right lugs and make sure they do not spin in the hub. You should be able to tap them into place, install and tighten lugs to spec, then be able to back off with ease.
If there is a problem, you will find it when you back off the lug nuts.
I'd suggest you buy new lugs right now and replace. Otherwise.........
I'd check to see if they are the right lugs and make sure they do not spin in the hub. You should be able to tap them into place, install and tighten lugs to spec, then be able to back off with ease.
If there is a problem, you will find it when you back off the lug nuts.
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From: shelton ct
I'm afraid I didn't make myself clear. It's not the wheel studs that you mount the wheel on and use the lug nuts to hold the wheel on. It's the torx bolts that hold the hub assembly on that run from the inside of the car out towards the wheel. Sorry for the confusion.
Brian
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