I had all 4 coming loose, now I tightened em and it's 1 coming loose... There not stripped, so Idk, and it's making a clack clack noise when I let go of the gas.

 

Are you using a torque wrench? What wheels are you running? Do you have the correct wheel nuts (acorn or connical)?

 

I used a regular ratchet and I think it's a 19 mm socket...

 

torque it to specs. and make sure before you lower the car to be supported by the tires, you at least hand tighten all of the lugs. doing so will make sure the wheel is up against the hub.

edit: you can tell if the wheel is up against the hub by trying to wobble it.

 

all of the above plus remember to tighten them so that you go from one corner, then across, etc. NOT clockwise or counter clockwise. Threadlock aka lock tite might also help although ive never used it on lugs

 

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dont use any kind of liquid anything on lug nuts. Liquid does not compress, so it may adversely affect torque. No grease, no WD-40, no Anti-seize. no nothing.

Your torque settings on your wheels are 80lb/ft. You probably arent putting 80LB/ft thru a regular ratchet. This is hard to do. Get a torque wrench, or go to a tire shop with a torque wrench, and have them torque your lug nuts.

Are your wheels and hubs corroded? Sometimes hubs get overly rusted and corroded. Aluminum wheels also get corroded from salt. Aluminum oxide builds up like a bunch of lumps on the inside of the hub cavity in the wheel. The Aluminum oxide sometimes also comes off on the hub of the car. Clean those surfaces before putting wheels back on.

Are you using wheels with too small of a hub cavity?

Are you using the right lug nuts? Stock honda wheels usually take a ball type seat lug nut. and yes...i know i said ***** and nuts.

After maket wheels usually take conical type lug nuts.

Use OEM honda lug nuts on OEM wheels.

Use a conical (spline drive, or Rays...or...whatever) on your aftermarket wheels.

Your solution might be to go to a REPUTABLE tire shop and tell them about your problem. They should have equipment to take off corrosion if there is any. They will also be able to tell you if your lug nuts, wheels, and car will work together.

 

something is wrong with your setup. you should not have to use loctite on lugs lol. sounds like your not torquing it to spec (80 ft pounds) but i think you probably have the wrong lugnuts on your car. there are ball seated lugnuts, acorn seats , etc...if your using oem lugs on an acorn seated wheel they will come loose or vise versa

oh and the clack clack is your wheel going off balance every rotation hitting the rotor because of loose lugs and is probably ready to fly off

 

ninja post: ^^ haha you beat me to it by 3 minutes