Check your lug nuts!
While traveling for the holidays I seen the wheel come flying off a fiver right in front of me! It went bouncing off the road and down an off ramp! I got up next to the guy and started flagging ...
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DrewE wrote:Gulfcoast wrote:
What is the correct torque for lug nuts?
It depends on your vehicle or trailer and what wheels it's equipped with and that sort of thing.
My car is either 80 lb-ft or 90 lb-ft; I don't remember which offhand, and don't feel like going out to look it up. My class C is 140 lb-ft. Large wheels on heavier duty vehicles often go a lot higher, such as something like 800 lb-ft for many 22.5" wheels.
I never trust my memory for things like that. I have the torque specs in the notepad app on my phone (along with a bunch of other frequently used numbers and settings) The axle manual recommends a three step tightening at 25, 60, and 95 lbs-ft.
