Retorque Lug Nuts After Tire Change?
My chassis is a Ford E450. I had the recalled Michelin tires. A local tire chain put replacement tires on. They told me I needed to get the lug nuts retorqued at 100 & 500 miles (actually made me s...
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The required torque for the lug nuts on our 2003 E450 chassis is 140 lb-ft. The nuts are stamped with this value as seen in the picture below.
I always loosen and re-torque the lug nuts after a visit to a shop. Back in January all of the tires on our MH were replaced under the Michelin recall. When I got back home, I used the 20" long lug wrench that came with the chassis to loosen the nuts. It was necessary for me to stand on the end of the lug wrench to get some of the nuts loose, which meant that they had been tightened to around 300 lb-ft. Others were much easier to loosen up.
I check the lug nut torques once or twice a year and have never had one loosen up on steel rims. I believe that aluminum rims are more of an issue, but have no personal experience with them.
I always loosen and re-torque the lug nuts after a visit to a shop. Back in January all of the tires on our MH were replaced under the Michelin recall. When I got back home, I used the 20" long lug wrench that came with the chassis to loosen the nuts. It was necessary for me to stand on the end of the lug wrench to get some of the nuts loose, which meant that they had been tightened to around 300 lb-ft. Others were much easier to loosen up.
I check the lug nut torques once or twice a year and have never had one loosen up on steel rims. I believe that aluminum rims are more of an issue, but have no personal experience with them.
