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Hi All,

Anyone know what the 'real' torque setting is for the single wheel retaining nut is for spoked wheels?

The handbook is somewhat vague with the instruction 'hammer tight'! How very 'Morgan'!


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Hello Andy

perhaps this link helps.
This factory makes som of the Morgan whire wheels.

Torque for wire wheels

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Hi Bernt,

Thank you for that. 102Nm sounds about right. I was going to call the technical people at customer services at the factory but knew common sense would prevail on this forum!

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That link is for conventional wheel bolts

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For my S1 Roadster it was 80Nm. I checked with MMC . This is for alloys not for wire wheels.


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I have assumed that the original poster is talking about knock on centrelock wire wheels? If so 80Nm would probably result in them falling off

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Sorry!

Here the link for Knock-on centre caps - not the torque Info you want frown2

Fitting wire wheels







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Oh sorry. I don't think folk used torque spanners on wires. Please ignore the 80Nm.
For wires they need to be tight.


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Originally Posted by bmgermany
Sorry!

Here the link for Knock-on centre caps - not the torque Info you want frown2

Fitting centre-lock wire wheels


This is new to me too, my car is getting wire wheels too...

Wire wheels this link works

Go down to the bottom of the page, it says "don't overtighten them" and "As long as the hubs are fitted correctly then the spinners will self-tighten and lock as the car is driving"


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The page linked to has the following line:

Originally Posted by MWS

There are no recommended torque settings for spinners and the exact number of turns will vary from one vehicle to the next.


I have always relied on a couple of knocks with the supplied hammer or a light tweak with the breaker bar I use for removal. They do self tighten in use - to the extent that mine can be tricky to remove as my painted wire wheels “grab” the nuts.

As the text on the MWS site says:

Originally Posted by MWS

It is very important not to over-tighten as the threads are easily damaged.

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