[AT] OT--truck wheel torque

[Cecil Bearden]

I didn't know the studs would take 250 ft lb....

Cecil in OKla

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:03 PM
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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
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> 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
>
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> From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:52 PM
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>
>
> > 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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