With the eared knock-offs, I tighten them as far as possible by hand, then
by hammer at least 90 degrees more (one quarter turn).
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 8/21/06 6:12 PM, bjshov8 at bjshov8@comcast.net wrote:
> I have a related question- how tight do you tighten the center cap? The
> center of my wheel is tapered and the nut has a tapered hole, so the nut
> doesn't tighten down suddenly but tightens gradually. I put the wheels on,
> tightened them down as much as I thought was appropriate, and one of the
> nuts loosened up within 10 miles.
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>> With brand new hubs and wheels there is almost no rotational play in the
>> wheel.
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