Torque Specs for wheel lugs

[healthservices]

All interesting but when was the last time you calibrated your torque wrench?

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by healthservices

All interesting but when was the last time you calibrated your torque wrench?

About a year ago. Why do you ask?



Having said that, I now use a torque stick on my MG725. I checked it with the torque wrench the first few times but it was always so close I stopped checking.

[healthservices]

I used to have mine checked yearly because I used them so much. I'm surprised how off they can get. I actually wore a torque wrench to the point it was no longer able to be calibrated.

For wheels I just told the techs to buy a cheap harbor freights and compared the torque value with a known good one every once in a while. No need to wear out a expensive torque wrench on lug nuts.

[derfo]

Hello I live in the UK. I have never in my life used a torque wrench on the wheels of any of my cars. I am now just on 66. The car I have now is a Boxster S 2002. The first thing I do when I buy a new car is take all the wheels off so I can copper grease the threads, then use a spider to tighten. This has been my procedure for all those years.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by derfo

Hello I live in the UK. I have never in my life used a torque wrench on the wheels of any of my cars. I am now just on 66. The car I have now is a Boxster S 2002. The first thing I do when I buy a new car is take all the wheels off so I can copper grease the threads, then use a spider to tighten. This has been my procedure for all those years.

Say hello to warped rotors. Have you always had drum brakes?

[derfo]

Originally Posted by KRAM36

Say hello to warped rotors. Have you always had drum brakes?

Hello Warped rotors. I have had drum brakes on the rears on some early cars but not for a while now. I have had no trouble with warped rotors (Disc's UK) using my tightening method with a spider.

[healthservices]

Originally Posted by derfo

Hello I live in the UK. I have never in my life used a torque wrench on the wheels of any of my cars. I am now just on 66. The car I have now is a Boxster S 2002. The first thing I do when I buy a new car is take all the wheels off so I can copper grease the threads, then use a spider to tighten. This has been my procedure for all those years.

It's funny you mention that. Anytime work is done on a car where the wheels are off, I remove and re-torque the wheels. very rarely are they torqued correctly and majority of the times they are over torqued. Sometimes my snap-on impact has issues removing them. At that point I make sure to contact the shop where I had the tires put on!!!

:troll:

On one of the Toyotas I work on, the torque rating is like 65 for the lugs. OMG it feels like they are finger tight compared to Porsche's wheel torque. But I never have issues it at that rating.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by healthservices

It's funny you mention that. Anytime work is done on a car where the wheels are off, I remove and re-torque the wheels. very rarely are they torqued correctly and majority of the times they are over torqued. Sometimes my snap-on impact has issues removing them. At that point I make sure to contact the shop where I had the tires put on!!!

:troll:

On one of the Toyotas I work on, the torque rating is like 65 for the lugs. OMG it feels like they are finger tight compared to Porsche's wheel torque. But I never have issues it at that rating.

My brother brought his car to me last Sunday to change his front rotors and brake pads as his rotors were warped. He had new tires put on recently. When I went to take the lug bolts off one on each side was on so tight it took me standing on the lug wrench to get them off.

[Rich XTR]

Originally Posted by healthservices

All interesting but when was the last time you calibrated your torque wrench?

This is the accuracy you need with each lug nut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89LmNvN7jTc