Lug Nut Torque?

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

does anyone no the lug nut torque is. im asking cuz i am getting tired of replacing studs all the time. i have eliminated half of the problem by using anti-sieze on the studs. but with the Snap-On impact that im using, i think its tighten them wayyy tooo hard.

Blue KJ in PA · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:49 am

100ftlbs

scrambledKJ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:52 am

Turn your gun down. I finally started using electric impacts or 3/8 guns. The full size ones are too tough. I keep my lugs at 90 lbs. It helps when you have small studs.

Travis

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

thanks for the help guys. really quick too. i like it when that happens.

dkcase · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:05 am

I tighten mine in three steps, 40-70-90, with a torque wrench. With anti-seize.

This is on my vehicles in my garage. If I needed to make money at it, I couldn't be as careful.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:36 am

why use a big gun and hammer away on them ? just looked it up and I rotated the tires on mine 26 times so far, still original studs, lugnuts etc. If using one ( impact gun) just run them up snug and then use your torque wrench to finish. Or the best way just use a 4 way, better excercise and more control so you are not breaking stuff!

the way dkcase and scrambled is doing works great as well

VTNomad · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:52 am

Service manual says 85-115 ft-lbs. Sears torqued mine to 115 ft-lbs when I had my tires put on. I swaped out my lugs for solid ones and couldn't get them to come off. My air gun didn't work and I destroyed my stock tire iron trying to remove them. I had to go back to Sears to get them to take them off. I then installed the solid ones and torqed them to 90 ft-lbs and bought a new tire iron off of eBay.

BeepBeepJeepJeep · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:36 am

90 ft lbs.

USPLibby · **Joined:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:29 am **Posts:** 372

As someone posted before, the 85-115 ft-lbs for Aluminum Rims = first torque to 85, drive it for a bit, then finish torquing at 115 ft-lbs in a star pattern.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:31 pm

I usually use a lug wrench to loosen them, use the impact to take them off and snug them back up, then use a torque wrench to torque them to 100ft lbs.

Ive got way to much money in my solid lugs to scratch them up by using an impact to get them off and tighten them down.

Plus I dont trust an impact to properly torque them.

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

yeah thats what im gonna start doing with the torque wrench. snug them up with the gun and then the TW comes out. i was just trying to do it too fast sometimes and not paying attention, or was probably buzzing with the help some alcohol. it seems like i cant work on my KJ unless im drinking. or i get the bug to work on it when i am also. but most of the time i do work alot better then when im not buzzing.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:26 pm

tommudd wrote:

better excercise

Heck, it's enough exercise carryin the dang tire!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:41 pm

85-95 for alloy rims,105-115 for steel rims.

I use my impact(28v cordless)to put on my lugnuts(start them by hand) but only till they bottom out on the rim,then I put the weight of the KJ on the rims/tires and then I will torque them with breakerbar.Yes I know I should be using a torque wrench but from 20 years of wrenching my arm is calibrated to torque my lugnuts on,I've rarely ever had any problems with breaking studs but it happens to all vehicles at one point or another anyway.The wheel studs are only good for so many torque/untorque cycles and will stretch and deform after time and that is the the main cause from broken/stripped wheel studs(bolt stretched that is).

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

tommudd wrote:

better excercise

Heck, it's enough exercise carryin the dang tire!

yeah man those dang 31's are heavy enough to be switching almost every other 3 days. just think i used to do this with TJ wheni had 37's on it!!!!!!

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

hey guys, thanks for all the info once again.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:43 am

Yea, I really dont miss moving those cragars around.

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