Proper Torque for wheel nuts

[blamy]

I couldn't find in my owners manual the proper torque for the wheel lug nuts. I'm positive someone here knows, and thanks for the information in advance.

[laskint]

Originally Posted by blamy

I couldn't find in my owners manual the proper torque for the wheel lug nuts. I'm positive someone here knows, and thanks for the information in advance.

Nuts need to be torqued to 76ft lbs. It is somewhere in the back of the manual. I found it last night in there when I was trying to find what torque stick to use.

[Boo]

Yes, 76 foot pounds. It's buried on page 369 of the 2007 Owner's Manual.

[blamy]

Thanks for the info, I found it on page 373 of my 2007 manual? Go figure!

[tochatihu]

For alloy wheels, the standard advice is to recheck the torques after 100 mi. or so. But I never found them to become loose on my 2001 Prius. I had them off quite frequently as well, being a tire-rotation fanatic.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by blamy

Thanks for the info, I found it on page 373 of my 2007 manual? Go figure!

Whoa, you must have some later, improved edition of the 2007 manual --- packed with at least 4 more pages of info! Who'da thunk it?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by tochatihu

For alloy wheels, the standard advice is to recheck the torques after 100 mi. or so. But I never found them to become loose on my 2001 Prius. I had them off quite frequently as well, being a tire-rotation fanatic.

Thanks. Before this thread and the BT Tech Stiffening Plate thread, I never knew that calibrated torque was an issue. Makes me wonder what my mechanics and tire installers were doing (I don't ever remember seeing them calibrating torque ... but my current mechanic said to me once that they have different power wrenches with different maximum torques).

[9G-man]

Originally Posted by tochatihu

For alloy wheels, the standard advice is to recheck the torques after 100 mi. or so. But I never found them to become loose on my 2001 Prius. I had them off quite frequently as well, being a tire-rotation fanatic.

If you're a DIY kinda guy, and don't already have impact tools,
may I recommend one of the new cordless impact wrenches. They are simply awesome and will take a lugnut right off, if you lift the wheel off the ground first. I got a Makita 18V Li-Ion impact and it puts out over 110 ft/lb of torque. And it doesn't twist in your hand and sounds cool too.

[qbee42]

I thought the proper technique was to go as tight as you can, then another half turn.

Tom

[laskint]

Originally Posted by qbee42

I thought the proper technique was to go as tight as you can, then another half turn.

Tom

Thats the DIY way I believe it might even be a 1/4 turn instead of half. $20 for a decent torque wrench from any autostore would be worth it in the longrun. I had a rim almost fly off the car because I forgot to tighten them correctly, the car was wobbling like crazy!