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?
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02-23-2010
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?
02-23-2010
they're all the same and it's actually 100 ft-lbs.
02-23-2010
Interesting, my owners manual in my 02 and in my 04 says 100 ft lbs all around
02-23-2010
interesting, i usually just make them tight and go on with my business. you guys actually torque your lug nuts?
02-23-2010
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.
Last edited by Hamm61; 02-23-2010 at 08:33 PM.
02-23-2010
Yup, risk warping brakes with uneven or overtorqued lug nutsOriginally Posted by Hamm61
02-23-2010
and on cars with crappy lug nut designs you risk damaging them and your studs.
02-23-2010
It'll really take away from the life of your brakes if they're not evenly tightened.
02-24-2010
100 ft lbs all the way around no more no less!
02-24-2010
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!
02-24-2010
been doing it the same way for almost 10 years and never had a problem with anything.
02-24-2010
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.
02-24-2010
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.
And I have never broken a wheel stud.Not to mention repeated over-tightening of them can fatigue the studs...causing a catastrophic failure and loss of a wheel
Maybe you guys are doing it wrong.
02-24-2010
I did not break the stud either...it sheared off doing ~60MPH.And I have never broken a wheel stud.
Maybe you guys are doing it wrong.
02-24-2010
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~
02-24-2010
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!!
02-28-2010
I thought it was 90 ft-lbs?
04-06-2010
100 ft lbs. I always torque aluminum wheels.
Put grease on the threads to keep them from galling.
04-06-2010
you want a good about of tightness but really its more about it being even so it doesnt pull an warp stuff
04-07-2010
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!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!
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!
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