Wheel lug torque? How much?

[BlazerLT]

I have the standard aluminum wheels and can't for the life of me find the torque reading for the lugs.

I am going to be installing some new front shocks and the winter wheels and need to do the lugs properly.

Can anyone tell me?

[goser]

According to Chilton the 98-99's are 103 ft-lbs.

[MT-2500]

Originally Posted by goser

According to Chilton the 98-99's are 103 ft-lbs.

Here is a good chart.

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoWheelTorque.dos;jsessionid=F0wnmy1F8tNnyR5yLhh F7zlxBpDnnffGq1k66BQmJBpGGSn93QTL!802935062!NONE#h onda

You have to copy and past the link and the when you get it do not click on chev.
Just scroll down on chart.
MT

[BlazerLT]

Hey, that is great guys!

It says 100ft/lbs for mine.

PERFECT!

[laxman21]

95 on my '92 according to owners manual

[BlazerLT]

1992 is a weird cross over year.

Owner's manual for sure will tell you the right torque, guess I should look at mine, never thought it would be in there.

[MT-2500]

That is a good place to look if all else fails.
My old Mitchell also says 95 lbs.
MT

[laxman21]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

1992 is a weird cross over year.

Owner's manual for sure will tell you the right torque, guess I should look at mine, never thought it would be in there.

Sure is. All other years are a bore.

[mike2004tct]

So, having never owned a torque wrench in my 36 years of driving and over 50 cars,how do I know when I reach the proper torque limit on the nuts?
(I've never had a wheel fall off yet).

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by mike2004tct

So, having never owned a torque wrench in my 36 years of driving and over 50 cars,how do I know when I reach the proper torque limit on the nuts?
(I've never had a wheel fall off yet).

You can over torque a wheel and cause a wheel warpage especially with aluminum wheels.

Also, it is best to torque them on properly so they are easier to take off when you have a flat or have to do some work.

Without the torque wrench I calculated that I was torquing mine to almost 140ft lbs.

[534BC]

I'd bet that over half the lug nuts on the road are overtorqued, but don't cause problems normally. The old steel wheels used to bend and flex at the nut, but still didn't cause much trouble.

[BlazerLT]

This is true, most shops absolutely ram them on and good luck trying to get them off on the side of the road.

With the proper setting they come off with only moderate effort.

*kisses torque wrench*

[mike2004tct]

Originally Posted by BlazerLT

This is true, most shops absolutely ram them on and good luck trying to get them off on the side of the road.

With the proper setting they come off with only moderate effort.

*kisses torque wrench*

I was just being somewhat flippant in my first post, but think about this;

Any repair shop I've been to, and this includes independant repair shops, Chain Tire Shops, Chain Muffler shops, etc;
They all use a similar looking impact wrench, no matter what type of wheels are on the car. I don't know what the max pressure is they run thru their wrenches, but I'm willing to bet not one of them are torqueing to the same pressure. The sophomore High School guy working at JoeBloe's Garage doesn't know if he has 10psi or 100psi at the end of his wrench.
Phil Pudpounder down at Muffler-Muzzler couldn't tell you which has more pressure, the Oxy-welder tank or the compressor.
All I know is they put them on tight, same as I do. (sometimes soo tight, a 500 pound human couldn't manually wrench them off)

Just something to ponder as I lay awake at night. Huuuuummmmm

[laxman21]

Originally Posted by mike2004tct

I was just being somewhat flippant in my first post, but think about this;

Any repair shop I've been to, and this includes independant repair shops, Chain Tire Shops, Chain Muffler shops, etc;
They all use a similar looking impact wrench, no matter what type of wheels are on the car. I don't know what the max pressure is they run thru their wrenches, but I'm willing to bet not one of them are torqueing to the same pressure. The sophomore High School guy working at JoeBloe's Garage doesn't know if he has 10psi or 100psi at the end of his wrench.
Phil Pudpounder down at Muffler-Muzzler couldn't tell you which has more pressure, the Oxy-welder tank or the compressor.
All I know is they put them on tight, same as I do. (sometimes soo tight, a 500 pound human couldn't manually wrench them off)

Just something to ponder as I lay awake at night. Huuuuummmmm

Most of those places use the special torque sockets.

But, I don't know how accurate they are.

You can also warp rotors..

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by mike2004tct

I was just being somewhat flippant in my first post, but think about this;

Any repair shop I've been to, and this includes independant repair shops, Chain Tire Shops, Chain Muffler shops, etc;
They all use a similar looking impact wrench, no matter what type of wheels are on the car. I don't know what the max pressure is they run thru their wrenches, but I'm willing to bet not one of them are torqueing to the same pressure. The sophomore High School guy working at JoeBloe's Garage doesn't know if he has 10psi or 100psi at the end of his wrench.
Phil Pudpounder down at Muffler-Muzzler couldn't tell you which has more pressure, the Oxy-welder tank or the compressor.
All I know is they put them on tight, same as I do. (sometimes soo tight, a 500 pound human couldn't manually wrench them off)

Just something to ponder as I lay awake at night. Huuuuummmmm

They don't care about torque, they just casre that it is on tight. Mine were tested at over 140ft/lbs and he was easy on them.

Some of the retard high school apprentices hammer them on. I saw one guy take the threads right off of the stud by hammering them on for no reason. I ripped him a new asshole and so did his boss, prick was giving attitude when we got all pissed off like it wasn't his fault.