Lug nut tightening
We moved from a pop-up to a used 26 ft. TT. While reading the owner’s manual it seems the manufacturer seems to be insistent that you check the lug nut torque quite often. Not only while the trailer w...
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CavemanCharlie wrote:
Ahh, but now the next question what is the proper torque? The sticker on my TT door says to check them but, not how tight to get them. It depends on the size of the lug bolt and because they put different size axels on different size TT they don't include the torque number on the sticker. And, there is a proper sequence to doing it too.
The manual for our TT (Jayco WhiteHawk) states to do it in stages, 50, 90, 115 ft/lbs torque. The sequence (for a 5 lug wheel anyway) is the 'star' pattern.
After 300 miles towing, I checked the lug nuts not expecting to find much of a problem. Boy was I surprised..........:E
