On my recent trip to the shop, I noticed that the mechanic uses torque wrench to tighten the lug bolts instead of impact wrench. Anybody know the correct torque setting to tighten the wheel lug bolts?
On my recent trip to the shop, I noticed that the mechanic uses torque wrench to tighten the lug bolts instead of impact wrench. Anybody know the correct torque setting to tighten the wheel lug bolts?
90 ft lbs
Yup... used to be 72, then they started saying 80, now they say 90.
Thanks for the info... I heard that if you over tighten the lug bolts, you can warp the rotors. Is that true?
yep. thats why whenver i get tires put on i re-torque my wheels when i get home.
Be advised that if you torque the lug nuts to 90 ft lbs you will never get the wheel off on the side of the road with the factory lug wrench.
if you do use 90 ft lbs you will have to stand on the std wrench to get the bolts out.I use the std wrench when i get home and do them about as tight as i can...
just have them hand torque. I use about 80 lbs. No problem where get my tires. They also rotate for free every 5,000 miles. Been using them for years.
Yes, stick with 80 lbs/ft. No need for higher than that.