Author Topic: Lug nut torque settings?  (Read 1442 times)

Offline cudacharlie

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Lug nut torque settings?
« on: January 17, 2006 - 04:26:05 PM »
Ok, got them rusty ol' magnum 14-by-nothings off, now when I put on my new 15xhuge rallyes, how much do I torque the lug nuts to?

Who's got the numbers?   :worshippy
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Re: Lug nut torque settings?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2006 - 05:42:59 PM »
supposed to be around 65 ft pounds.

But last year when I tightned them to 65- the damn things where loose on the drivers side-- 85 ft pounds fixed them!!! lol  ( all right hand threads! )

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Re: Lug nut torque settings?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2006 - 10:26:19 PM »
If you have replaced the old lugs with new I have been told that they have a tendency to back off for the first few hundred miles. It's a good idea to check nuts regulary after a new installation.
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Re: Lug nut torque settings?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2006 - 11:16:12 PM »
I thought it was 75

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Re: Lug nut torque settings?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2006 - 06:46:44 AM »
looked in my 73 service manual and it says 65 ft pounds and 55 for A body's!!!