Incidentally, if removing the wheel(s), make sure the wheel nuts (or spinners) are torqued up with the wheel unloaded (i.e. not touching the ground).

This is necessary to ensure the wheel seats correctly on the taper of the output shaft. Torquing the wheel up in a loaded situation does not guarantee that the wheel is properly seated. A final application of torque (or belting the spinners) should be undertaken once the wheel is in the loaded position.


The (unpublished) torque figure for wheel nuts is 280Nm. This requires a long torque wrench! I set mine to 200Nm and decided to let physics do the rest!


Andy
2022 Plus Four / San Marino Blue