Wheel torque specs

[Ed Pawlowski]

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

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

[ransley]

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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.

[Van Chocstraw]

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I use an impact wrench and recheck with a tire wrench. I have a torque wrench but it's not that critical. Mine never come off. Too loose they come off, too tight and you break off the stud, it's not rocket science.

[Oren]

Seen a broken lug from an impact wrench?

Snap them right off or ....

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[Johnl]

I use a torque extension with my impact wrench.

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.

[Jules]

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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 ;)

[Ralph Mowery]

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

[dpb]

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Well, actually, yes, the boys at tire shops I deal at do routinely -- as other say they either use the air adapter or manual...

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[Clot]

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

[IGot2P]

In that chart, what the heck is the deal with the 2004-06 Porsche Carrera GT at 407 ft-lbs?

Don

[Stormin Mormon]

I saw something like that one evening. Couple friends of mine broke a couple studs like that. One of them, I was over to thier house when they rang on the phone. Husband and I went out, bought a couple studs and lugs, and went to go bring em home. That was a lot of work.

[Stormin Mormon]

Supposedly those torque limiters do a good job. I've not tried one. I either torque wrench, or us a criss cross wrench.

[Stormin Mormon]

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

[Tony Hwang]

Or you can warp the disc brake rotor hub. I use impact wrency since I have compressor in the garage but I check with torque wrench.

[Red Green]

Jules wrote in news: [e-mail]:

You need to watch more Cops.

[benick]

The tire shop I use (Tire Warehouse) ALWAYS uses a torque wrench and makes you sign a form stating you were told to check the lugnuts or bring it back for free retightnining after 24 hours....

[E Z Peaces]

A single bolt secures each wheel.

[DD_BobK]

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[Harry K]

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My local one (Les Schwab - NW group)runs them down with air wrench then does a final with a torque wrench. Doesn't matter - they torque them so tight I can't budge 'em using cruciform lug wrench.

Harry K

[gfretwell]

Sam's Club torques the lugs here too as does the local tire store. That may just be because I have alloy wheels on my car and truck. The old steel wheels were very forgiving..