The wheel nut fight

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Tycho
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The wheel nut fight

I bought a wheel nut set (blue) for my Viper since the plastic ones were getting so loose they wouldn\'t stay on.

I think I\'ve been jinxed(?) since installing any (except those soft tires) hop up parts has given me headache and this time it was the damn nuts. So just a piece of advice for all of you who are going to get those nuts without going nuts.

Too tight nuts
First screw those nuts on the ball diff axle (the longer part) the wrong side first (that\'s the flatter side of the nut). Screw it as tight as the end of the axle points a bit out of the nut\'s end. Then unscrew it, turn the nut right ways and screw it again as far as it goes. Do this to all four nuts. This will \'loosen\' the nut\'s right end just a bit that you can install it on the front wheels without messing the front streeing knuckle axle that almost happened to me.