Good morning. After repair work and new wheel from body shop I could not remove the lug nuts. Took it to my mechanic who has a reverse torque wrench and took 200 lbs. to get them off. I do not feel anything wrong with the car while driving and under braking. Should I replace the lug nuts just for safety reasons? I have a 99 M3. As far as I know they a the original lug nuts. Never thought about it but should these be replaced under mileage or 10 or 15 years? Thank you for any info, Marcus.
I've replaced my studs after a few years but then again I'm swapping wheels a lot during the year. The threads look good? The thread into the hub with no binding? I might have been concerned about the rotor if they weren't evenly torqued, but it sounds like your rotor is fine. IDK. Me? I wouldn't bother replacing them.
The threads look good and no binding. The studs had 180 to 200 lbs. and about 200 miles on it before I found out. It all feels fine. Overly worried I guess. Thanks.
I received my first torque wrench many years ago from my dad along with a lecture on how to take care of it. Mainly for engine work. Not for wheels. Just read your article. Sounds like one of my friends. Always get a laugh watching him work on something.
Paid lug bolt consultant? Or.... is that the going price for scraps off the brain surgeon's operating room floor? Well, uh - peace, out.
I'm with the replace-the-bolts faction. Now, it can take twice the torque to break 'em loose... but it shouldn't. And the ability of a bolt to hold has to do with streeeeeeetch. They will only endure over-stretching for so long. By the way, that's why you don't use Grade 8 bolts on wheels. They don't stretch; they tend to break instead.
I think you will find slightly better prices at the dealer. Look at any of the other Roundel advertisers.
MSRP is $4.09, BMW Morristown online parts site discounts them to $2.39. Good idea to replace them as you can't be sure if they were torqued beyond their elastic limit or not.
Does that include a buffet? I normally go to http://getbmwparts.com to see what MSRP is. Dealers can markup or discount to their hearts content.
Here's some reading from the folks at NASA: http://snebulos.mit.edu/projects/reference/NASA-Generic/NASA-RP-1228.pdf
Ice cream? Mr. Bee, we're moving. All my dealership offers is out of date newspapers and yesterdays coffee.
Wow, more than 100% markup from the MSRP. I bet they give you a "10% BMW CCA discount" though, right? Let's see: from BMW Morristown online parts site, a set of lug bolts for the car is $47.80. At BMW of Orlando, the same exact set is $180. Hmmm...
