C5 Wheel Tourque??
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Drifting
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C5 Wheel Tourque??
I am removing the wheels on my c5 for the first time. I've heard that they must be tourqued back on at a specific poundage. Does anyone know if this is true or just BS? Thanks for any help. Paul.
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Uneven torque is the fastest way I know of to get the disc brake rotors to warp. This only makes good common sence being that the wheel lugs are what secures the brake rotors. I always torque every wheel I put back on any car. And I hate the tire shops that run the lug nuts down with the Impactool and then put the T/W on each lug and click the wrench but the lugs never move. Alls that has done is made sure all the lugs are at or above the tq. spec. Sometimes quite a bit above.
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Originally Posted by Apollo's Chariot
I hate the tire shops that run the lug nuts down with the Impactool and then put the T/W on each lug and click the wrench but the lugs never move.
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I worked at a Chevy dealer and we had these "torque sticks" that you put on the impact wrench and they were marked 100lb/ft etc...
never understood how they work, or IF they work for that matter.
never understood how they work, or IF they work for that matter.
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Snap On
I have the set of snap on torque sticks and for hte most part they work. The principle is that as the fastener reachs the rateing of the torque stick that the enegy from the impact blows will be absorbed by the torsion or twisting of the stick. Thats why the shaft of the sticks are different diameters for differeent torques. Also the instructions tell you to frequently verify the actual torque that is being applied. Variations in the air pressure or condition of the Impact can and do show up on the final torque being applied. All things considered they are a good tool and they can help prevent over torquing.
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Originally Posted by Patches
Also, it's good practice to progressively tighten them in a crossing star pattern and to sequentially increase the torque in three passes at 35, 70 and 100 ft. lbs.
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They should be torqued to 100 lb/ft, and I do it by going to 60, then 80, then 100 in a star pattern.
