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Changeing wheel nuts

fiesta_lad
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Hi all i am going to change my tried rusty wheel nuts today to nice shiny ones. Can I change them one by one without jacking the car up or do I have to jack the car up to change them?

Thanks 

Alan 

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    42 minutes ago, fiesta_lad said:

    Can I change them one by one without jacking the car up or do I have to jack the car up to change them?

    No need to jack up,
    You are advised to loosen nuts on the ground even if you were taking the wheels off, stops the wheel turning and allows more leverage.
    I would loosen all the nuts first (in order) to take the pressure off the wheel, then swap one at a time by hand, then tighten all up last (in order).
    Suppose you could do each one fully in any order, but might be good practise for you to loosen and tighten them all in order.
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    Ideally you should tighten them to the correct torque setting, you don't want to over tighten them,
    I bought a Torque Wrench last year to replace all my front nuts which were all knackered.
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075RCXT2Y
    Mine were so bad I had trouble getting them off lol.
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    That's great just waiting on my wheel nuts to be delivered today from amazon so I won't bother jacking the car up I will just do it in that order 🙂 

    Thanks 

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