Wheel torque specs

Posted by Jules on November 4, 2009, 6:52 pm

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:50 -0800, ransley wrote:

>> This was posted on another newsgroup but is of interest for many here

alsohttp://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/brochure/info/tmpInfoWheelTo...

>> If your car is in the garage attached to your house, the post is ON topic.

>
> Have you ever seen anyone work on your car check lug nut torque? The
> only thing I have ever seen is an air impact wrench blasting them
> tight.

Over-tight usually, particulalrly on alloys. I started taking wheels in to
tire places when they weren't on the car* just so they couldn't f*ck them
up when putting them back on the vehicle.

* needs a second vehicle, obviously. Driving on the rotors doesn't work
too well ;)

Posted by Stormin Mormon on November 4, 2009, 7:48 pm

I've over torqued one of my wheels, on my last Blazer.
Learned my lesson, and didn't do that again.

--
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in message

Over-tight usually, particulalrly on alloys. I started
taking wheels in to
tire places when they weren't on the car* just so they
couldn't f*ck them
up when putting them back on the vehicle.

* needs a second vehicle, obviously. Driving on the rotors
doesn't work
too well ;)

Posted by Red Green on November 4, 2009, 8:56 pm

> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:55:50 -0800, ransley wrote:
>

>>> This was posted on another newsgroup but is of interest for many
>>> here
>>> alsohttp://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/brochure/info/tmpInfoWhe
>>> elTo...
>>> If your car is in the garage attached to your house, the post is ON
>>> topic.

>>
>> Have you ever seen anyone work on your car check lug nut torque? The
>> only thing I have ever seen is an air impact wrench blasting them
>> tight.

>
> Over-tight usually, particulalrly on alloys. I started taking wheels
> in to tire places when they weren't on the car* just so they couldn't
> f*ck them up when putting them back on the vehicle.
>
> * needs a second vehicle, obviously. Driving on the rotors doesn't
> work too well ;)

You need to watch more Cops.

>
>

Posted by Ralph Mowery on November 4, 2009, 7:17 pm

>Have you ever seen anyone work on your car check lug >nut torque? The
>only thing I have ever seen is an air impact wrench >blasting them
>tight.

They should have a torque stick on the impact wrench. It is an adaptor that
is set to a specific torque.

Posted by Clot on November 4, 2009, 7:23 pm

Ralph Mowery wrote:

>> Have you ever seen anyone work on your car check lug >nut torque? The
>> only thing I have ever seen is an air impact wrench >blasting
>> them tight.

> They should have a torque stick on the impact wrench. It is an
> adaptor that is set to a specific torque.

"Should" being the operative word round here, (t'other side of the Pond).

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