Lug nut torque specs?

[forbidden doughnut]

Anybody know the torque spec for the lug nuts?

[redblur]

If I recall its 78-85 ft/lbs.? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong...

[forbidden doughnut]

Can anyone confirm this? It sounds like it is in the right ballpark...

[Fagwagon]

i did mine 85-90 today..i really didnt check on the spec tho

[redblur]

I do mine at 85 ft.lbs.

[dizzin9]

it's in the damn manual

[DaleNixon]

Originally Posted by eric8 An air impact wrench never has touched anything I work on. To loosen OR tighten. Never will either!

How do you remove crank bolts?

[Fagwagon]

suck it.

[forbidden doughnut]

ouch. very well, I will learn how to read. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[jallways]

You cannot go wrong with 85 ft lbs, just remember to check the torque after about 3 days.

[Aetherfury]

Now I better go check mine since I just "tighten them really freakin' hard". If you hear about a Speed3 losing all four wheels at 90mph it was me.

[phillyb]

+1 nice wheels

[Fagwagon]

if you over torque them, normally youll strip or break the stud, youd know it.

[forbidden doughnut]

It is very important to me to not establish the maximum torque spec through a broken wheel stud. The wife is not amused when I break the new car.

i do mine at 80 Ftlbs.

[DreamReaver]

70-80 foot pounds and you're fine. Don't over torque, because that will lead to more problems even if you don't strip the lug.

[forbidden doughnut]

FWIW I couldn't find it in the manual.

[mexicant]

Originally Posted by forbidden doughnut FWIW I couldn't find it in the manual.

same. I'm gonna try 75 ft/lbs

[FreeFlyFreak]

It is in the owners manual...... look harder:

N·m (kgf·m, ft·lbf) 89―117 (9―12, 66―86)

66-86 ft/lb

I use 85

[treyclash]

Originally Posted by FreeFlyFreak It is in the owners manual...... look harder: N·m (kgf·m, ft·lbf) 89―117 (9―12, 66―86) 66-86 ft/lb I use 85

directly from the manual. i use 90 myself

[Stealth01]

I use 80.

[Fagwagon]

90

[Goose]

Speaking as an engineer, the torque spec (+/- 20lb/ft) in the manual is pretty useless. The good thing about such specs is that there's plenty of "slop" designed-in. I wouldn't exceed the spec'd range, though (such as 90 lb/ft) since you risk over-stretching the stud and possibly causing deflection of the brake disk.

For what it's worth, I checked my lugs and found that they were torqued to 80 lb/ft. I have no idea if the factory or the port or the dealer set them, but they're within the specified range. 80 is a nice round number, so I'm sticking with it.

Hope this helps...

[nuprin503]

[ebnash]

I have always torqued the lug nuts on all of my vehicles @ 75 FT/LBS. I also always brush a little white grease or a quick spray of silicon grease on the threads of the lug nuts when ever they have been removed. It's a quick insurance policy to make sure you never have to worry about gauling the threads and even if you slightly overtorque you have less of a change of breaking the stud when you remove the nut.

JUST NEVER USE ANTISEIZE ON HIGH TORQUED HARDWARE. It reduces friction and resistance and causes you to over torque.

[90210]

Originally Posted by Goose Speaking as an engineer, the torque spec (+/- 20lb/ft) in the manual is pretty useless. The good thing about such specs is that there's plenty of "slop" designed-in. I wouldn't exceed the spec'd range, though (such as 90 lb/ft) since you risk over-stretching the stud and possibly causing deflection of the brake disk. For what it's worth, I checked my lugs and found that they were torqued to 80 lb/ft. I have no idea if the factory or the port or the dealer set them, but they're within the specified range. 80 is a nice round number, so I'm sticking with it. Hope this helps...

How often do you guys check it ?

First time I did rotation within a week front was loose. With help of this forum figured it out

Did the front brakes with help of friend from here . We did 85 lb.

4 weeks now front loose again !!!!

[shelbygoat]

I use whatever the impact gun stops at.

Has worked for me the last 15 years.

[Synmoo]

Originally Posted by shelbygoat I use whatever the impact gun stops at. Has worked for me the last 15 years.

Don't do this.

[SLOWHATCH]

Originally Posted by Synmoo Don't do this.

I agree. For some reason my left side wheels were torqued tight enough that I broke a 3/8" Kobalt breaker bar and the damn nut didn't even budge. I had to use a 1/2" breaker bar with a 3ft long tube to get the damn things loose. I used this same breaker bar to loosen the 150 ft/lbs torqued factory axles on my SRT4.

So these lug nuts must have been way over that for me to have snapped it the way I did. After finishing up, I did apply some antiseize on the studs since they were looking a bit rusty and torqued to 85ft/lbs.

Some dumbass probably had the impact set to the highest setting and just zipped them on.

(Edit) Turns out I was ALSO a DUMBASS for applying Antiseize to my studs. As "ebnash" mentioned already its a terrible idea. Nothing bad came of my situation thus far, but the info posted makes perfect sense. No more antiseize on lugs or studs for me. Glad I learned something new. Thanks.

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[eric8]

An air impact wrench never has touched anything I work on. To loosen OR tighten. Never will either!

[leadfoot]

I've always torqued my cars at 76 ft/lb =D It's a number I can easy remember. . . . but I hate the MS3 manual . . . I have the hardest time finding the right specs when I want it . . . I'm always looking in the wrong spots! Grrrrr.....

[Wildfire]

I used to never do it. But now I'm going to try. I'm going with 80lbs cause it's an easy number to remember. You should too. 80lbs....80.

[2008MS3H]

Originally Posted by forbidden doughnut Anybody know the torque spec for the lug nuts?

i torqued mine to 70. however, the RX7 that we race we torque those to 80 which if that's good enough for a race then you will be fine for the road

[327whp]

Torque specs are 75-85. This goes for most lugs.

[Liquid3Speed]

I torque all 20 of my lugnuts to different torque values just for the hell of it, I'm just trying to be different.

[Illusion]

also if u use alum. lug nuts then u must hand tighten and then use a torque wrench as the alum will break with impact tool. (used to work at discount tire).

the work RS-Rs are one example of this but they are daymn pretty

[manila]

Hand-tight

[Limeybastard]

Originally Posted by manilaMS12 Hand-tight

Same here. Hand tighten then a quarter or a tad more with supplied wrench. Done this all my life with no issues.

I also put some ant sieze on hub face.

[Redlinez]

^ then back it off 1/4.