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AMG sells shouldered washers that you can place over 3 or 4 of the wheel studs that will center the front wheel disc over the rear wheel half. This takes up the slack and is the reason AMG didn't feel it was necessary to use the tapered nuts. On a 12 blot wheel you need 3, om a 24 bolt wheel...
Wirefox, if your using 85# as your wheel torque spec then your torquing your wheels to the old 8 bolt bias tire spec. Doing an search online for HMMWV wheel torque specs takes you to several sites that specify 110# for the 12 bolt wheels with radial tires but I just took a look in the new TM...
An issue I had with the 12 bolt wheels was that I wasn't torquing them properly when I changed tires. I used a long 1/2" breaker bar and tightened them to where I thought they felt tight. What was happening was I'd be driving down the road and all the sudden I'd hear what sounded like a pistol...