Wheel Lug Nut torque numbers

[Dmitry]

i have beyern wheels coming.. dont know what i need to torque the wheels to when i do get them and couldnt find anything specific to that on here and yes i know RTFM but i dont have it on me...

so if someone wouldnt mind just letting me know that would be great

than ks

[GTslOw]

til they don't turn :dunno:

[slammin86]

100 ft lbs

[Dmitry]

100 ft lbs


WHOA for shizzle!!!? thats alot...

[2K5 GTO]

85 lb./ft. After you've run around for about 50 miles, check the torque again.

[Dan00Hawk]

Stock is 100 ft/lbs. Why would aftermarket wheels be any different?

[2K5 GTO]

I'm going by what Ronal recommended for mine, since both are aftermarket wheels.

Your best bet is to contact Beyern or the vendor where you bought the wheels and get their recommendation.

[swmn]

Helms says 50 ft-lb first pass, 100 ft-lb second pass. Yours buddies are steering you right. Page 3-82. In metric that's 70 Nm first pass and 140Nm second pass.

S

[Liquorice]

100? I thought owners manual said 75-85 or something like that.

[wrp]

100? I thought owners manual said 75-85 or something like that.
Discount tire did mine at 90-100.

[H2OSGTO]

100 Ft/lb

[Holeshot]

Document ID# 1340575
2004 Pontiac GTO

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Fastener Tightening Specifications
Application
Specification

Metric
English

Wheel Nuts

First Pass
70 N·m
50 lb ft

Second Pass
140 N·m
100 lb ft


Same for the 05
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[radkon]

WHOA for shizzle!!!? thats alot...
Almost all GM cars use 100 Ft/Lbs

[rworkman98]

Document ID# 1340575
2004 Pontiac GTO

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Fastener Tightening Specifications
Application
Specification

Metric
English

Wheel Nuts

First Pass
70 N·m
50 lb ft

Second Pass
140 N·m
100 lb ft


Same for the 05
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Thank you. Evidently, the GTO isn't listed in either AllData or Mitchell On-Demand. I guessed 100 ft/lb. Now I know I was correct.

[gto_in_nc]

Star-pattern at 50, followed by star-pattern at 100, then :burnout:

[sharkbite1979]

Ok, really stupid question... Can someone please elaborate on "star-pattern" and what's meant by first pass and second pass? Does "star-pattern" refer to jumping around on the lug nuts when torquing down instead of going in a circle? On the pass thing, does that mean use the star pattern and go to 50 lbs the first time, then repeat the pattern, going to 100 lbs the second time? Thanks.

[CGM]

Ok, really stupid question... Can someone please elaborate on "star-pattern" and what's meant by first pass and second pass? Does "star-pattern" refer to jumping around on the lug nuts when torquing down instead of going in a circle? On the pass thing, does that mean use the star pattern and go to 50 lbs the first time, then repeat the pattern, going to 100 lbs the second time? Thanks.

Yep you answered your own question.Here you go.


http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/attachment.php?attach mentid=49643&stc=1&d=1168349398

[High Octane]

Good info I just used 80 ft lbs.

drive car for 20 miles in stop start turning.

then retoque to 80 again.

[ashippen]

A lot of manuals/ charts use ranges, i.e. 85-100 lbs. Personally I always default to the higher torque. When I am tightening the lug nuts I use the star or criss-cross sequence. Then re-tighten the nuts within 100 miles (usually 25 miles).

[KtownGoat]

100 lbs has always worked for me....

[swmn]

I agree with CGM and ashippen. Also, I was having some recurrent shimmy issues on my second set of tires and tried backing my second pass torque down to 95 ft-lbs.

Somewhere in one of the threads here Mike White posted that any second pass torque between 90 ft-lbs and 100 ft-lbs will be fine. It will be a difficult post to find since it was one of those side discussions in a thread about something else IIRC.

OTOH that post should be sometime between 07-21-05 and 01-10-07, I have been running 50 first and 95 second for quite some time now.

And yes, sharkbite1979, do all five at 50 ft-lbs, adjust the torque wrench and do all five again.

[4 BKT VET]

1) All torque adjustments shall be done with no load on the tire / wheel.
2) 50 just makes sure the wheel is snug evenly against the hub.

If you torque with a load (on the ground) or do not snug the wheel or overtorque, you will feel turbulance in the steering wheel (kind of like a bad balanced wheel).