Torque Specs for wheel lugs

[Soetekouw]

Thanks all. 96 xx/xx it is.

[clickman]

Originally Posted by Soetekouw

Thanks all. 96 xx/xx it is.

Just don't set it to 96 Nm

[Xpit77]

You guys should have let Jimmy Carter get the Metric system in the US. Soo much easier.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by clickman

Just don't set it to 96 Nm

My torque wrench does not have ft/lbs on it, it has newton-meters. So I need to set my torque wrench to 130 nm to get 96 ft/lbs, correct?

https://www.metric-conversions.org/energy-and-power/foot-pounds-to-newton-meters.htm

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

My torque wrench does not have ft/lbs on it, it has newton-meters. So I need to set my torque wrench to 130 nm to get 96 ft/lbs, correct?

https://www.metric-conversions.org/energy-and-power/foot-pounds-to-newton-meters.htm

I attended a recent porche tech inspection training offered by PCA; they stated new specs from Porche is 100 ft/lbs old manuals state 96 ft/lbs.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by Ciao

I attended a recent porche tech inspection training offered by PCA; they stated new specs from Porche is 100 ft/lbs old manuals state 96 ft/lbs.

So then I would want to set my torque wrench to 135.5 nm?