Lug Nut Torque

I've searched around and found a rating of 118 for the front lugs on 98-01 GPs. Is it the same for the rear lugs as well?

they're all the same and it's actually 100 ft-lbs.

Interesting, my owners manual in my 02 and in my 04 says 100 ft lbs all around

interesting, i usually just make them tight and go on with my business. you guys actually torque your lug nuts?

i've always torqued my wheels at 100 ft-lbs.
i actually had a shop tighten them too much on my 1st 99se and they warped my brakes.
just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Hamm61

i've always torqued my wheels at 100 ft-lbs.
i actually had a shop tighten them too much on my 1st 99se and they warped my brakes.
just my 2 cents.

Yup, risk warping brakes with uneven or overtorqued lug nuts

and on cars with crappy lug nut designs you risk damaging them and your studs.

Originally Posted by Bio248

interesting, i usually just make them tight and go on with my business. you guys actually torque your lug nuts?

It'll really take away from the life of your brakes if they're not evenly tightened.

100 ft lbs all the way around no more no less!

Not to mention repeated over-tightening of them can fatigue the studs...causing a catastrophic failure and loss of a wheel merging onto the interstate. Ask me how I know!

been doing it the same way for almost 10 years and never had a problem with anything.

Originally Posted by Bio248

been doing it the same way for almost 10 years and never had a problem with anything.

Yep, and I know folks that have smoked a pack a day for their entire adult life...that makes it healthy! That is the sort of mentality that gets you in trouble, man.

Originally Posted by benner

It'll really take away from the life of your brakes if they're not evenly tightened.

I have never used a torque wrench to tighten my lugnuts. Just hand tighten them all the same. Currently have 75k miles on my pads and rotors and 30k on the wifes.

Not to mention repeated over-tightening of them can fatigue the studs...causing a catastrophic failure and loss of a wheel

And I have never broken a wheel stud.

Maybe you guys are doing it wrong.

Originally Posted by Zef_66

And I have never broken a wheel stud.

Maybe you guys are doing it wrong.

I did not break the stud either...it sheared off doing ~60MPH.

100 lbs ft.

More torque, or uneven torque, you will damage your brakes, damage your studs, and yes, even damage your wheel bearing due to uneven torque.

You should always torque your lug nuts to factory specks on every car regardless for the above reasons.

This is not a debatable subject, its as good as mechanics law.

~F~

i usaully put the ingersoll rand 650ft impact gun on um and zip um on to they dont turn anymore ive never had any problems



JUST KIDDIN GUYS AND GIRLS!!

I thought it was 90 ft-lbs?

100 ft lbs. I always torque aluminum wheels.

Put grease on the threads to keep them from galling.

you want a good about of tightness but really its more about it being even so it doesnt pull an warp stuff

Originally Posted by JoshMcMadMac

Not to mention repeated over-tightening of them can fatigue the studs...causing a catastrophic failure and loss of a wheel merging onto the interstate. Ask me how I know!

That's right! I lost one due to over-tightening. My wheel felt funny so I pulled over to check & one was gone. So I tighten the rest and I snapped another.Crap!

I rode home very carefully and picked up a new set of studs that night.

Put them in & torqued them to 100 inbls. Don't just tighten these bolts. Do it right!