what is the proper wheel lugnut torque on a 91 lx 5.0

stangman 50

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Hello guys. what is the proper wheel lugnut torque on a 91 lx 5.0 is it 90 or 100 ft lbs? thanks.

 

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85 lbs is suitable

 

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I like to just turn till I can't turn the lug nut wrench anymore. whats torque?




This is just a sad attempt at humor

 

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A few more ft-lbs than a Honda civic makes

 

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GATOR98GT said:

I like to just turn till I can't turn the lug nut wrench anymore.

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Sadly, Thats what most guys do...

 

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Mustang5L5 said:

A few more ft-lbs than a Honda civic makes

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LMAO.

i weight 250 pounds, so i have one half of my body standing on the wrench 1 foot from the socket. then i need to get rid of 40 or so more pounds, so i rest my right arm on the car. that means i have ~100 pounds on the wrench.

or sometimes i use my 4 inch wrench, so when i stand on it, it is just right.

(since no one gets my humor, or attempts at humor lately, im kidding).

 

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ok so is 85 correct then????

 

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The book says, "80 - 105 ft/lbs."

The most important thing is to tighten them all to the same torque.

 

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90ft lbs is what i always torque wheels to. Sadly, this is about the same amount of torque that older honda's used to put out! LOL.

 

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Mavrick said:

90ft lbs is what i always torque wheels to. Sadly, this is about the same amount of torque that older honda's used to put out! LOL.

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so the new ones make even less? LOL J/K.

 

stangman 50

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thanks guys

 

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I've always gone with 90-95lbs, even on my wheel lock lug nut... not sure if thats the best idea though.

 

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I tighten mine to 100

 

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If you're like the numb-nuts at my local Ford service center, hit them with an impact wrench dialed way up, so that the 1st one you do is torqued to about 300 ft/lbs, and the last one is about 150 ft/lbs. Then (just for kicks) deny doing it when I come in to complain.

I actually rounded one lugnut trying to get it off, then promptly broke the lugwrench on the next.

Dumb-@sses!!!

 

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TRWXXA said:

If you're like the numb-nuts at my local Ford service center, hit them with an impact wrench dialed way up, so that the 1st one you do is torqued to about 300 ft/lbs, and the last one is about 150 ft/lbs. Then (just for kicks) deny doing it when I come in to complain.

I actually rounded one lugnut trying to get it off, then promptly broke the lugwrench on the next.

Dumb-@sses!!!

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Your lucky he didn't snap a stud!

 

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a tire shop did tires on my mom's truck. i saw the truck every 3 months for oil changes and maintenance and that was about it.
the shop did not tighten the lugs up, so the nuts had chafed through half the stud (the wheel was sliding around on the studs)!
i L'd MAO when i saw that (and glad i did - there is a center cap over the nuts). pure chance. that could have really sucked.
tossed some new studs and nuts in and good to go. BTW, it was on more than one wheel. so now i always double check this stuff, and dont let shops do rotations, etc. i end up re-checkin everything anyhow, so i figure why bother.

 

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Mavrick said:

Your lucky he didn't snap a stud!

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I complained persistently, and got a new lugwrench out of them. A small victory.

 

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I used to work for goodyear, and as much as I dislike most of their tires, we did everything at my shop specifically by the book and proper. We hand torqued every lugnut on every car, no impact guns. The proper torque for 90% of the fords out there, including your mustang, is 100 ft lbs. Most hondas (about 95% of 'em) are 80 ft lbs, since you guys mentioned hondas. If you want to get technical, over-torquing lugnuts can actually warp rotors depending on how much tighter you make them and how often, this is no crap I've actually seen it many times.

 

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slick88GT thank u very much 100ftlbs it is. thanks again..