Torque Wheel Nut

[EYT]

I torque 100ft/lb to my stock wheel, will this be too much,

[firefly]

85 ft/lb

[MP5Navy]

I torque wheel lug nuts to 80ft/lbs (stock wheels and aftermarket). At 100 ft/lbs you run the chance of not being able to budge the nuts with a hand tool on the side of the road.

[Sentra Racer 7]

I torque mine to 82#, on our race cars we go 85#
No reason to go any tighter

[Action Jackson]

What would be the official lug nut torque be for '03 P5 stock wheels?

[bluezoom]

The service manual says "When a wheel is removed, retighten it to 89-117 Nm, 9-12 kgm, 66-86 ft lb"

[Action Jackson]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bluezoom @ May 04 2003,1:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The service manual says &quot;When a wheel is removed, retighten it to 89-117 Nm, 9-12 kgm, 66-86 ft lb&quot;[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
66 to 86 lb/ft seems like a big range.

Thanx for the info.

[bluezoom]

Yes, I thought so too, but that's a direct quote out of the service manual.

[Action Jackson]

I just loosened and re-torqued the lug nuts on my not even 1 wk old car.

I was surprised that each individual wheel seemed to have a different torque setting. Some were easy to loosen, others were not. But at least each wheel's nut's felt consistent.

I retightened to 70 ft/lbs.

[Jika]

when i put my summers back on, i torqued to 85ft/lbs. my problem was getting the damn winters off the hubs. quite a bit of kicking to remove.

[P5 Rally]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jika @ May 07 2003,7:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">when i put my summers back on, i torqued to 85ft/lbs. my problem was getting the damn winters off the hubs. quite a bit of kicking to remove.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Slap some anti-seize compound between the hub and wheel next time you remove them, and kicking your wheels loose will be a thing of the past!!!!!!! http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Logan]

I also torque to 80 ft.lbs.
I find that dealers don't usually use a torque wrench, just zip them on with their air tools and send the cars on their way.
That's probably why you found each wheel different.

[Jika]

i've heard impact guns are not a good idea to use for putting your wheels back on. something about warping the hub or rotor?

[superdave]

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I'm more worried about not being able to get the lugs off! It would have to be VERY tight to warp anything. I think you would ruin the studs before anything (stretch them)

When I got my first RX-7 the wheels had been obviously been put on at some shop with air tools. I had to jump on the end of 18&quot; breaker bar just to get them loose! Imagine if you get a flat and have to use the shitty tire iron on the side of the road.... good luck!

[rowan]

Warping is more often due to tightening the nuts un-evenly, or in the wrong order so the pressure isn't evenly distributed.

I think good air-tools are adjustable for torque.

Some aftermarket lug nuts do not respond well to using impact wrenches. Torque wrench is a must. (Although I have yet to get one .. )