wheel torquing?

[Wilder]

I wonder if anyone can tell me what the torque setting should be for wheel nuts on the GTR.
Thanks.

[RussF]

Wheel nuts (Ultima wheels): 55-65ft lbs

[LuckyP]

Factory torque setting sheet says 55-65 ft/lbs

HTH

(Sorry if you read the last post I 'appeared' to post was written by my pished up buddies whilst I nipped to the garage to get yer answer...........)

[Wilder]

Thanks, I will use my new torque wrench tomorrow (after snapping a wheel nut today...).
Thanks for the replies.

[Edward9000]

RussF said:

Wheel nuts (Ultima wheels): 55-65ft lbs

Is it me or does that seem really low?
Factory knows best and all, just curious.

[Steve_D]

Edward9000 said:

RussF said:

Wheel nuts (Ultima wheels): 55-65ft lbs

Is it me or does that seem really low?
Factory knows best and all, just curious.

Works fine and never had one come loose.

You perceive it to be low because almost everyone over tightens wheel nuts the biggest culprits being tyre fitters.
I took a tyre fitters manager to task over this when I had tyres fitted to my Pug 306. The fitter spun the nuts on with an air gun then went round with a torque wrench. The failing was that the wheel nuts were already way tighter than the torque setting.
It may just have been for show but he pulled all the fitters together around my car to explain that they needed to back the nut of and then apply the torque.

Steve