My FSM has them at 108 for a 94 with the conical style. just seems like a lot to me.
A tire guy tightened my wheels with impact wrench only… anything I need to check?
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I think so but don't know so. I have after market Icons with the conical lugs. First 200 so I don't know sh*t
Yes but im aftermarket. Splined 60 deg. conical seat deep lugs. Something about the mating surface not being flat or something requiring more torque. But i don’t remember where i saw it and not sure if its valid.
I just rotated my wheels earlier this week. It's a bear to do, but all these horror stories are why i continue to do it myself. The dumb thing is it takes very little "extra" effort to do it correctly.
Hey @FJ73Texas , are you going to Roundup? I'm finally going. Shoot me a PM if you are! Hope so.
This is strait from the manual for the TRD Forged wheels with the spec'd conical washer seat lug nuts:
a) Install wheel/tire assemblies onto vehicle. Hand start the provided lug nuts during installation. If wheel locks are being added, install one wheel lock per wheel (not including spare) at location 2 in Fig 8-1. Tighten lug nuts in sequence 1 through 5 (Fig. 8-1). Ensure that the socket does not scuff the wheels. Tighten to 97 ft-lbf (131 N-m) using a torque wrench. DO NOT USE an Impact Gun to install or damage may occur to Lugnuts! Air ratchets are OK.
Still 97 ft lbs.
a) Install wheel/tire assemblies onto vehicle. Hand start the provided lug nuts during installation. If wheel locks are being added, install one wheel lock per wheel (not including spare) at location 2 in Fig 8-1. Tighten lug nuts in sequence 1 through 5 (Fig. 8-1). Ensure that the socket does not scuff the wheels. Tighten to 97 ft-lbf (131 N-m) using a torque wrench. DO NOT USE an Impact Gun to install or damage may occur to Lugnuts! Air ratchets are OK.
Still 97 ft lbs.
Im gonna buy another pair of jack stands for this myself. How do you do yours? Got a mini lift?
Amen
Good enough for me!
When I worked at Discount Tire...the word was if we didn't know the proper torque setting then we just used 100 as the magic number. Terrible I know. It was a such long time ago, even before TPMS sensors was a thing except on the corvette only.
Knowing what I know now, I would make every effort to make sure I obtain the proper torque setting but in your case when you go custom aftermarket then I guess you need to do more research. I wouldn't even trust the DTC guys to give you the proper specs.
My local tire store, part of the Michigan chain “Belle Tire” pulled out the torque wrenches for my buddy’s 60 and my 55 without being asked. I was amazed.
Raised in Mt. Pleasant and all I hear right now is the “Belle Tire” voice!
I HATE that stupid voice!
Holy flying lug nuts Batman.
Good to hear, professionalism still exists.
Costco definitely uses torque wrenches. With their deep pockets, they don't need stupid lawsuits
So i spoke to method and they recommend oem spec for everything. The rep was familiar with my specific wheel and i mentioned hearing this somewhere and seeing some hints online about it these type of lug seats and nuts. Apparently its not an issue and he said thats how they mount and run all their wheels.
I still cant tell y’all where i saw this but i know i did. It does make sense though since a cone will exert force down and out while it seats.
Dang dealers. FINALLY got a replacement lug nut after one flew off after a tire rotation. Just couldn’t get out to the dealer (hour away), so I had them send one to me. Said to overnight it, took 1.5 week to get to me.
Torqued them down and found four others that were under-torqued… one of which was finger tight. So two were finger tight, one flew off, and three others not to spec.
Tag on the oil spill fiasco and the rest… yeah I’m not going back.
Torqued them down and found four others that were under-torqued… one of which was finger tight. So two were finger tight, one flew off, and three others not to spec.
Tag on the oil spill fiasco and the rest… yeah I’m not going back.
