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Lug Nut Tightness
Ok this may seem like a stupid question, but I don't know the exact answer so I am going to ask.
How tight should you do up your Lugs? I changed the tyre after John at wheels world put them on and they were so tight I had to use my foot, with my whole body weight behind it to get them off and was still a bich. I changed my wheels again last night, I thought I had tightened them too much when I put them on, but the lugs came off with ease........??????? How tight should they be done? Cheers
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There is a torque setting in the owners manual, but if you had to use your foot to loosen the nuts that is too tight.
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jaron you want it tight enough so you can undo it in the event of a flat tyre... when i tighten mine.. i go till its rather tight and try and turn 1/4 more.. as you would have found out, tyre shops use rattle gun which is un-neccesary but its all about moving cars as fast as possible i guess
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60 ft/lb
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i think i put mine to 80 on the torque wrench
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60-65
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I put mine on at 80 and they are not that tight at all, my wife could undo em I reckon.
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yeh too tight is bad bad bad man... if i got me car in anyware that involves the wheels to come off. i ask them to tightn the nuts by hand as i have had people strip the thread off the nuts.. some people have been good some havent..
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Side of the road rule of thumb for tightening:
- as tight as you can with 1 hand if you are strongish bloke - as tight as you can with both hands for women / girly man / WARPIO Doing them up/undoing with your feet = bad. I have actually cracked the socket on a star brace trying to get a rim off the wife's car after the tyre place rattled them on That much torque just leads to stretched studs, stripped threads, and much frustration.
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