[AT] OT--truck wheel torque

[Larry Goss]

Your answer brings back memories of VW ownership, Cecil.  The rear wheels had to be torqued  to around 250 ft-lbs to stay on.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 22:36
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--truck wheel torque
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> the manufacturers recommemdations are in most of the service 
> manuals and may 
> be in the owners manual.  Later models are different from 
> the old ones. 
> Some actually have a disc washer that keeps tension on the 
> wlheel.  They 
> should also abe tightened again after a few thousand 
> miles.  A 4 ft pipe on 
> the wrench is entirely too tight in my opinion.  I 
> tightened my old 2 ton 
> chevy and ford trucks with my old impact wrench for years and it 
> was a 250 
> ft lb rated impact wrench.  I never had a wheel come loose 
> hauling wheat, 
> hay or cattle.  I also use never seize on all my lug nuts 
> to help lubricate 
> where the nut seats on the wheel. It makes a lot of difference 
> when you have 
> to remove them.  The wheel studs I coat with never seize 
> also.  I use it on 
> all my tractors and vehicles.  I ahve not had a wheel come 
> off because of 
> it, but when I have to take off a wheel on the side of the road, 
> it sure 
> saves my arm...
> 
> Cecil in OKla
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:52 PM
> Subject: [AT] OT--truck wheel torque
> 
> 
> > What's your rule of thumb for how tight lug nuts on a 2-ton 
> truck should 
> > be? I put on a couple new tires and rotated some others. I 
> tightned them 
> > with a 4 foot pipe on the wrench. Sometimes you could hear 
> them "pop". One 
> > wheel was so tight it took a 6 foot pipe to break the nuts 
> loose, one nut 
> > had to be heated..
> >
> > John Hall
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