Hi everyone,

I have received some really good advice and technical assistance with my RRS on this forum so I decided that it was about time that I contributed to the forum. This is my first DIY guide, so please be kind with your comments

Today I noticed some corrosion sitting in the alloy wheel nut recesses and decided to investigate.

Here is what it looked like



And here with the nut removed



The corrosion is coming from the steel washers and nuts



So I wire brushed the corrosion and then finished off with wire wool



Also cleaned the corrosion from the alloy wheel nut recess and from the nut top face with T cut



Liberally applied copper grease to the steel washer and nut



Refitted the five nuts and job done, hopefully no more corrosion





I hope that this will help other

Steve

I think the advise is not to put that much grease on as you don't want the thing to become loose.

People also have a problem with the nut part rusting and swelling and then unable to get (the correct sized) socket on.

Looks much better  Steve.

Recently Had the swollen nuts issue When I took it in for a service they said I had 9 swollen nuts since replacing I have noticed a slight wheel vibration I had has now disappeared completely which has saved a trip to my tyre guy

Must admit though I don’t not ever put the copper grease on the threaded bit

See this thread for swollen nuts
http://www.disco4.com/forum/topic161797.html
I swapped mine out after finding a few swollen ones  Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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scousefly wrote:

Must admit though I don’t not ever put the copper grease on the threaded bit

No reason not to put small amount on threads, have been doing it for year's on all sorts of vehicles and never had any issues with loose wheels or seized/corroded nut's. I always use a torque wrench though.

Cheers
Col

I seem to have stirred up a discussion on the use of copper grease, which was not my intention!

I am with you Col, a small amount of copper grease on a bolt thread and the bolt tightened to the correct torque has always been my philosophy

I was taught that any moving parts like bearings that needs lubrication should have standard multi-purpose grease applied and anything that is static like a bolt thread apply a small amount of copper grease to prevent corrosion and seizing. Always using a torque wrench of course to ensure the correct torque when tightening.

Steve

Col wrote:

scousefly wrote:

Must admit though I don’t not ever put the copper grease on the threaded bit

No reason not to put small amount on threads, have been doing it for year's on all sorts of vehicles and never had any issues with loose wheels or seized/corroded nut's. I always use a torque wrench though.

Cheers
Col

Do you adjust your torque setting for wet thread, the book value is probably for a clean dry thread...  13MY Range Rover Sport Autobiography SDV6 - mine
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Nope, as L/R don't specify lubricated or not just torque them up to required torque and that's it, as I said never had a issue it 35+ years so happy with that, although admittedly I believe there is a formula to calculate variations but you need to know whether the bolts/nut's are plated i.e Zinc, Phosphate, Cadmium etc. as well.

Cheers
Col

I used to have a copy of a chart listing all the torque value adjustments, but will admit I also never use it (no idea where it is now either). From memory it went as far as different lubrication value's in oils, like thin oil, thick oil, grease etc. I was hoping the little devil after it might hint at a bit of sarcasm...

I feel chuffed with myself when I actually use a torque wrench rather than the 'how hard to jump on the ratchet lever' method  13MY Range Rover Sport Autobiography SDV6 - mine
14MY Range Rover Evoque Dynamic SD4 Black Pack - wife's
99MY Defender 90 TD5, Soft Top Conversion - my toy, and bairns favourite

Yeah did actually guess that, never really worded my response very well, bit to serious at times these days might well be a age thing.

Cheers
Col