Wheel bolt torque? Mk3

[8bit]

As above, anyone know what torque setting the wheel bolts should be set to? Getting tyres changed on my other half's MX5 next week, want to make sure the garage do the wheels up right as another place used an airgun on the ones on my own car and I almost couldn't get them off this week.

TIA
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[ScorpKing]

My Mazda service centre said 90 Newton meters. I would check with your local Mazda service centre to confirm.

[8bit]

Cheers. I did some digging online a while after posting that, found a PDF guide on changing NC brakes from a US website that said to use 80 - 85 lb/ft (about 100 - 115 Nm), sounds a bit high if Mazda service centers are saying 90Nm?

[Pistonwot]

8bit said:

As above, anyone know what torque setting the wheel bolts should be set to? Getting tyres changed on my other half's MX5 next week, want to make sure the garage do the wheels up right as another place used an airgun on the ones on my own car and I almost couldn't get them off this week.

TIA
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My local halfwit Tyrefitters seem to think its eleventy-2 Billion N.m, and thats for every car ever made.
After my last tyre change I needed a 3 foot scaf bar on end of a 2 ft breaker-bar and even then the high quality breaker-bar was bending and did struggle to remove them,,, morons.

Mazda handbook says (Section 7-14) 88-118 N.m 65-87 Ft lb

[8bit]

Pistonwot said:

My local halfwit Tyrefitters seem to think its eleventy-2 Billion N.m, and thats for every car ever made.
After my last tyre change I needed a 3 foot scaf bar on end of a 2 ft breaker-bar and even then the high quality breaker-bar was bending and did struggle to remove them,,, morons.

Mazda handbook says (Section 7-14) 88-118 N.m 65-87 Ft lb

Sounds familiar I managed to snap a socket adaptor trying to undo mine, so went to Toolstation and got some proper 1/2" sockets and managed to rip the 17mm one apart before I got mine free.

Thanks for those values, I can't remember what I asked the place to set them to but it will have been in that ballpark. I'll check and retorque them through the week, cheers.