steering wheel shake w/ spacers?

DEpointfive0 · 02-09-2014, 08:22 AM

Still installer error, there is always a bit of play. Your wheels have a bit of play too...

What size spacers are you installing? Also, have you tried installing them with some anti seize on the backs? When you install them, do you drive around a bit, make a few left/right turns like you're in a slolam, then re tighten the spacer's lug nuts?
Lastly, DO NOT over torque them like someone mentioned above...

Chuck33079 · 02-09-2014, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Also, have you tried installing them with some anti seize on the backs? When you install them, do you drive around a bit, make a few left/right turns like you're in a slolam, then re tighten the spacer's lug nuts?

I think this is where people mess up with spacers. I'd even say one re-torqueing isn't enough. hit it again after a few hundred miles.

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Lastly, DO NOT over torque them like someone mentioned above...

This. Torque to spec. That's why there's a spec. Overtorque it and you'll break something.

DEpointfive0 · 02-09-2014, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

I think this is where people mess up with spacers. I'd even say one re-torqueing isn't enough. hit it again after a few hundred miles.

This. Torque to spec. That's why there's a spec. Overtorque it and you'll break something.

Yeah, I retorqued them once after a few mile drive of driving like I was drunk, and they were fine for many, many thousands of miles, even up to 155MPH

loiro370z · 02-09-2014, 09:41 AM

I had the ichiba in my 350Z and has the same problem, vibration and lug nuts coming loose.
Now I'm using the Z1 in the rear of my 370z and no vibration at all.

kenchan · 02-09-2014, 06:49 PM

i use 80lbs/ft and loctite blue on the spacer lugs and let them dry overnight. no issue with spacer lugs backing out, nor not being able to remove them later.

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loiro370z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Miami Beach/Sao Paulo Posts: 410 Drives: 11 nissan 370z Rep Power: 23509	I had the ichiba in my 350Z and has the same problem, vibration and lug nuts coming loose. Now I'm using the Z1 in the rear of my 370z and no vibration at all. Last edited by loiro370z; 02-09-2014 at 09:43 AM.

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02-09-2014, 06:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	i use 80lbs/ft and loctite blue on the spacer lugs and let them dry overnight. no issue with spacer lugs backing out, nor not being able to remove them later.