<VV> Torque Spec for Camaro lug nuts

[Ian Harding]

I use the "I might have to take them off at the side of the road with
this..." method, and put them on with the GM included roadside wrench
as hard as I possibly can without standing on it.  Probaby a little
more than 50 pounds on a 1 foot wrench = 55 foot pounds.

I really hate when the air wrench gang put them on so hard I can't get them off!

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net> wrote:
>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 1:53 PM, <kaczmarek at charter.net> <kaczmarek at charter.net
>  > wrote:
>
>> I'm fixin' to put my Camaro wheels on the Ultra Monza this weekend.
>> Got the McGard lug nuts from Jeg's, using the P/N on Bryan's page.
>>
>> Is there a recommeded torque spec for these lug nuts/rims?    I know
>> the knuckle heads at tire stores rarely torque wheel nuts correctly,
>> but I would prefer to have them torqued properly.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>
>
> Well, you'll get plenty of suggestions on this, I bet, based on a
> former thread.
>
> I think torque is dependent on the studs and has nothing to do with
> the lug nuts or the wheels. I have always used 55 ft lbs, but I know
> others use more. I do think it's important to re-tighten them once in
> a while.
>
> Let's see what others have to say.
>
>
>
>
> Bruce W. Schug
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