I have some Mugen MR5's I want to take apart to repolish (since theyre 2 piece). Does anyone know the torque specs I need to tighten all the rivets/bolts that hold the face on to the rim to? i searched but the only guy that asked that question before, hasn't posted on here for over a year.

 

don't worry about the specs, just let me have them

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LoStMyBoOst &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">don't worry about the specs, just let me have them </TD></TR></TABLE>

Muahaha, you aint gettin these jus like you aint gettin my old meshies

I better see you at the Eibach meet bastard! THat EF is the sickness

 

im not sure on the torque specs, but i remember reading somewhere
that your not supposed to take the apart and put them back to together yourself
they need to be rebalanced and torqued in a certain sequence or thell never be true again

 

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee VERY VERY VERY CAREFULL with that
i took mine to a shop to have them polished
they came back looked great, threw them on the car drove all day and then nightfall, took a corner one wheel completly seperated, the bolts were overtorqued
sold that set. got a new set had those polished at a different shop and i have had good luck.

i talked to the guy in japan that i got them from and he said for liability reasons mugen wont release the torque specs

so do this take a torque wrench with you when you take them apart good luck
robertw

 

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Muahaha, you aint gettin these jus like you aint gettin my old meshies

I better see you at the Eibach meet bastard! THat EF is the sickness </TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO! you know if i had them mesh joints it would be on and crackin! i'll see you at the eibach meet for sure homie, i can't wait

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by robertw &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee VERY VERY VERY CAREFULL with that
i took mine to a shop to have them polished
they came back looked great, threw them on the car drove all day and then nightfall, took a corner one wheel completly seperated, the bolts were overtorqued
sold that set. got a new set had those polished at a different shop and i have had good luck.

i talked to the guy in japan that i got them from and he said for liability reasons mugen wont release the torque specs

so do this take a torque wrench with you when you take them apart good luck
robertw</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hmmmm.... Guess ill do them the hard way then and just mask up the face n stuff and be careful not to accidently polish the face

Thanks guys

 

OH ****... Finally got the wheels. Let me know if you need some help.
Remember i got the whole polishing kit for the wheels. I'll leave your **** on BLing Status.

P.S. ==&gt; "You'll never defeat the Cobras"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_CB7 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">OH ****... Finally got the wheels. Let me know if you need some help.
Remember i got the whole polishing kit for the wheels. I'll leave your **** on BLing Status.

P.S. ==&gt; "You'll never defeat the Cobras" </TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL its koo man i got the same kit at home, i aint got **** to do n e ways so imma jus do them when im not too lazy . Home Depot NIGGY! haha.

 

loc tite is your friend

 

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Yup, each bolt should have loc tite and then bolted up/torqued.

 

I've taken them apart and put them back together again. It's not a big deal. Just loc-tite the threads and torque them up to 10 ft/lbs of torque. That's a little more than hand-tight. They are small bolts, and there are a lot of them, so they don't need to be cranked too tight. Besides, you are boltin them into aluminum, and you most definitely *DO NOT* want to strip the threads out of the rim. As long as you are consistent with the torque, using your 12 point socket, and you torque them down in a criss-cross pattern around the rim, you should be perfectly fine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stickershop.ca &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've taken them apart and put them back together again. It's not a big deal. Just loc-tite the threads and torque them up to 10 ft/lbs of torque. That's a little more than hand-tight. They are small bolts, and there are a lot of them, so they don't need to be cranked too tight. Besides, you are boltin them into aluminum, and you most definitely *DO NOT* want to strip the threads out of the rim. As long as you are consistent with the torque, using your 12 point socket, and you torque them down in a criss-cross pattern around the rim, you should be perfectly fine. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ahh kool! Thanks a lot man!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stickershop.ca &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've taken them apart and put them back together again. It's not a big deal. Just loc-tite the threads and torque them up to 10 ft/lbs of torque. That's a little more than hand-tight. They are small bolts, and there are a lot of them, so they don't need to be cranked too tight. Besides, you are boltin them into aluminum, and you most definitely *DO NOT* want to strip the threads out of the rim. As long as you are consistent with the torque, using your 12 point socket, and you torque them down in a criss-cross pattern around the rim, you should be perfectly fine. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Its more than 10ft/lbs b/c when I dissembled some blitz it was alot tighter than 10ft/lbs.

I'll find the exact amount soon, I just need to take them out the boxes b/c there are 2 I haven't started on and a the new Snap-On Tech Wrench (digital torque wrench) will read ft/lbs in/lbs in both directions.

 

Yup had to bring it from the dead......

So did anyone ever find out the torque spec on the MR5's??

I just got a set also and you can only polish so much withOUT hitting the face so it would be a lot easier to take them apart.

 

So is it 10ft lbs?

 

**** on my set they were just put on like you would any other bolt, they are fine 1yr later.

 

torque them at 10ft/lbs.. i would go in a criss cross pattern and use loctite.. i wouldnt mount tires on them for a few days..