Lude Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 i had some aftermarket alloy wheel nuts, put them on with a socket set, hand tight, didnt stand on them as you see people doing. they were fine for months & months, then when ive changed the wheel, put them back on ive messed the threads up on them? tbh they are awful & ive purchased new steel ones, but do they really need to be on stupidly tight? or just until they are tight without too much force required ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I took off all my wheels at the weekend and without a torque wrench just nipped then up equally and then gave then a slightly tighter turn with the standard Supra wrench. If you are jumping on them, you are going to damage the threads. I have never had a nut come undone in 18 years of motoring. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 One thing that gets me is when you go to garages and you see people tightening them up with rattle guns Nice little chart here showing you the hows and what fors. Supra nuts are 12x1.25 http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=107 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 One thing that gets me is when you go to garages and you see people tightening them up with rattle guns Nice little chart here showing you the hows and what fors. Supra nuts are 12x1.25 http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=107 i think they are 12x1.5 on the supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Torque, wee drive, re-torque Job done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanisLupus Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Torque wrench is the best bet. Every wheel has a torque setting which is supprisingly "low". At least i feel/think it's low but if the manufacturer says it's right then it should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_d Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 maybe you actually didnt tighten them up enough, and the wheels have moved on the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 90% of wheel nuts / bolts I remove are OVER torqued. There's something in the human psyche that tells them wheel nuts must be super tight, yet they are happy to tighten other life supporting fasteners to half their correct torque The Supra manual torque figures are for stock nuts, if using none stock nuts on none stock rims, the correct torque figure may be less, maybe more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprab1 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I always torque wheel nuts to about 110-120nm & they are good at that. Auto Data recommends 103nm for the supra (& most toyotas) road wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den1 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 On 2 occasions i have had to call out the RAC A year ago a 2&1/2foot breaker bar had to be used Dickheads with windy guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lude Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 yea i didnt do the nuts up super tight, yet the threads are F't on 1 or 2 of them? guna put it down to poor quality nuts, hope my new ones are a bit more robust. will only just nip them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 yea i didnt do the nuts up super tight, yet the threads are F't on 1 or 2 of them? guna put it down to poor quality nuts, hope my new ones are a bit more robust. will only just nip them up Use a torque wrench, 75 ft lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I go with 110Nm. No problems so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodilx6 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I've always gode with 120-130nm. That feels suprisingly easy to both apply and get off. My experience and from what I've heard is that its more important that alle nuts are tightned with the same torque than how much torque (within reason of cause). Get that torque wrench! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Use a torque wrench, 75 ft lbs That's the figure for the stock Toyota nuts. IIRC the figure for taper seat nuts is higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Ive had my wheels at this torque for quite a few years with no problems so im happy to stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyh_15 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I've always gode with 120-130nm. That feels suprisingly easy to both apply and get off. My experience and from what I've heard is that its more important that alle nuts are tightned with the same torque than how much torque (within reason of cause). Get that torque wrench! I'm 120-130nm to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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