The right way to torque wheel weights (and why most people get it wrong)

Wheel weights look like a set-and-forget upgrade, and that's exactly how people wreck them. Bolted-on weights work loose as the iron settles and the wheel flexes, and a loose weight quickly eggs out its mounting holes and chews up studs.

The fix is dull but effective: torque to the manufacturer's spec with an actual torque wrench, not a guess and a breaker bar. Then re-check after the first few hours of use and again periodically, because the initial seating is when most of the loosening happens.

If your holes are already wallowed out, don't just crank harder — that accelerates the damage. Replace the hardware, and consider a thread-locker rated for the application. A few dollars of fasteners beats a cracked casting or a sheared stud in the field.