Wheel Nuts. How tight ?

[steve-v8s]

How tight are we all doing our wheel nuts up ?

[barreti]

Finger tight plus 14st on the socket extension bar

[GreenV8S]

The correct torque will probably be somewhere in the region of 60 - 70 lbft. You should be able to exceed that easily with a typical wheel brace, so don't over do it. Don't be tempted to do them up as tight as possible, because (a) you'll bugger the studs and (b) you'll find they're impossible to remove on a cold miserable night when you get a puncture.

[barreti]

Can't you two just talk at the dinner table?

[spend]

Good stuff that POR15 eh Ian? You'll be carrying round a hip flask of thinners before you know it

Dave

ETA: Forgot to answer the question...
I had old notes of 73-7 ftlb for the 4 studs (I guess from Peter Beech notes), but I'm sure some folks have quoted around 90 in the past If you have 5 stud wheels 55-60ftlb was the factory rec.

Edited by spend on Thursday 29th March 23:32

[Ballistic Banana]

73-77 as shown on this torque list sent to me clicky

BB

Edited by Ballistic Banana on Thursday 29th March 23:55

[steve-v8s]

Thanks for the info.


The Torque wrench I keep for this job has beet set to around 55 for a few years but couldn’t remember where I got that from. Haven’t had a nut come loose, but do tend to check them fairly often. Will set it to 60 and call that the new correct setting and no doubt ask again in a year or so when I have forgotten, or with my memory as it is today probably in about half an hour.

What is 60ft/lb in N/m ?

[DarkMatter]

steve-v8s said:

What is 60ft/lb in N/m ?

81.35 N/m according to this conversion website.... www.convert-me.com/en/convert/torque

[jester7]

I always thought it was four white knuckles

[LordGrover]

steve-v8s said:

Thanks for the info.


The Torque wrench I keep for this job has beet set to around 55 for a few years but couldn’t remember where I got that from. Haven’t had a nut come loose, but do tend to check them fairly often. Will set it to 60 and call that the new correct setting and no doubt ask again in a year or so when I have forgotten, or with my memory as it is today probably in about half an hour.

What is 60ft/lb in N/m ?

I've been using this excellent piece of freeware for years: convert.exe

[DarkMatter]

LordGrover said:

I've been using this excellent piece of freeware for years: convert.exe

I discovered this morning that Google has a built in conversion program, just enter this as a search argument "60 feet pounds to Newton metres" (without the quotes). It works for other conversion too, i.e. if working with angles, such as those for toe-in, just enter '15 minutes to degrees'.

[spend]

jester7 said:

I always thought it was four white knuckles

Thats what Griff owners do is it? I wouldn't have dared say it myself....

Dave

[Hoover.]

approx 100n/mmm2 is what I use

[red griff roger]

Bit of copperslip is always useful to stop the nuts from getting corroded in

[spend]

red griff roger said:

Bit of copperslip is always useful to stop the nuts from getting corroded in

Dont forget a smear on the rear of the wheel either....

Dave