Lug Nut torque specs...

[oldertech]

For the record, I was torquing them dry.

 

[adambrawer23]

5 lug Star pattern

 

[Bogus]

Mine are torqued as tight as my arms can get them...

 

[SSpeckerwood]

Mine are torqued as tight as my arms can get them...

35 ft lbs of torque is not even close to being enough. You may need to get a 8' cheater pipe and stand on it. 8' out with 110lbs of person on it should do the trick....

 

[Bogus]

35 ft lbs of torque is not even close to being enough. You may need to get a 8' cheater pipe and stand on it. 8' out with 110lbs of person on it should do the trick....

You a$$. lol!

And how would you know how much I weigh! (which is more than that)

 

[SSpeckerwood]

sorry, 115lbs... lol

 

[Bogus]

sorry, 115lbs... lol

Kind of close I guess haha but more

 

[Mikeskingv]

I usually use an impact, but thats just me.

Agreed, I'm an old chev dog myself and have put many wheels on with an impact but do it right use a torque wrench and use the proper specs.

 

[Mikeskingv]

Have many of you actually tried to torque to 100ft lb with the stock, standard wheels? I had a hard time feeling "comfortable" with the way it was feeling while I was trying to get there. It felt "soft" like I could break a stud. I when over to our cousin (Chevy Cruze) forum and someone HAD broken studs tightening to 100.

Thoughts?

I also read this on the cruise forum, couldn't believe it but buddy sounded legit. if this is an actual problem NOT COOL !! just putting my new steel winters on now, only 20k on the car so in the spring i will be experiencing torquing the factory rims....

 

[Mikeskingv]

Don't tell ARP that. They recommend lubricant for most of the fasteners they sell.

Personally, I'm a big fan of using anti-seize on my studs.

most torque spec charts have a column for dry and a column for lubed, you do not need to lube wheel studs though (and i do believe if its lubed you apply less torque)

 

[Mikeskingv]

Depends, There are some impacts that are strong than a person with a breaker bar. I know alot of tire shops just impact most nuts down. Hell most dealerships just impact nuts down.

Ive also seen impacts that you can set a torque spec on and it ratchets once it hits that spec. I prefer to use a torque wrench since Im anal retentive.

mechanics that use impacts are lazy and doing a "good enough" job.

my impact has two "modes" 100 ft lbs and 600 ft lbs but i would not use it to torque the lugs of my car

yes impacts are "stronger" than some people, problem is the random torques your wheel nuts will be set to.

 

[jonboys66]

I have never torqued my wheels down to a specific spec. I have always used a good old fashioned 4 way and tightened them till I felt comfortable. I have never broken a stud or lost a wheel.

 

[Blue hedgehog]

Torquing the lug nuts help to prevent rotor/drum warpage. Also torquing to 100'lbs makes it so a person who weighs 100lbs can stand on the 1' lug wrench and remove the lug.

 

[barrstev]

Impact guns make short work of stripping a cross threaded lug nut to nothing. You won't even know you're doing it. My shop does not allow the use of impact guns for any threading. You can buy special impact extension bars that are semi-elastic and allow you to torque to a certain setting, but that is the only way I would ever consider using one.

 

[MrSnuggles]

Hm so if a 160 lb person as myself tightens it by hand but puts that thread lock liquid there shouldn't be any problem with them falling off? I kinda didn't have a torque wrench available.

 

[NewZJ]

I drive by a big name tire shop and they torque and check the air. I'm lazy