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08-21-2012, 03:41 PM | #1 |
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Grease and Lug Nuts
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Just returned from my first track day at Barber with Rezoom. Had a GREAT time, and got to meet Porschefile...awesome guy, and an even better driver....BTW thanks for taking me around the track to show me what a M3 can do in capable hands. Anyways, back to my question. Today I put my regular set of wheels and tires back on my M3, and I noted that there was some rust on some of the lug nuts, so I go ahead and wipe it down with some grease to clean it..... Then I reinstalled the wheel without really wiping the grease off. I go to roll the car out of the garage, and I hear some clicking noises from the wheel that I just installed and realized that I had just installed a wheel on with grease on the threads of the lug nuts. I go ahead and remove the wheel again and wipe the grease off the threads, and reinstall the wheel....clicking noise is now gone. My question...did I damage anything? Should I go to the dealership to have it inspected? |
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did it click all the time or only during cornering, I get a clicking sound while cornering which is alot more pronounced when the car is dirty, its very stange
I havnt yet taken the wheels off and cleaned behind them but there is grease between the wheel and the hub. |
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the clicking stopped when I cleaned the lug nuts. |
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08-22-2012, 12:03 AM | #4 |
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I'd be surprised if anything was damaged but you definitely need to clean the grease off thoroughly with solvent or something.
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08-22-2012, 07:26 AM | #5 |
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Never heard of greasing the lug ... dirty or not.. i would take that out and fully clean it.. clean the inside as well.
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