Thankx.
Tourque wheel nuts....
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Originally Posted by azmusclecar
Do you sequnce the torque at all? Like 80 then 100? I know it is in the star pattern.
I always do. I use 70 lbft then 100.
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Originally Posted by VETTING
I've always used a little never sieze on lug nuts. Is this a bad thing on my 04 C5 polished aluminum rims?
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From: Bartlett IL
Originally Posted by rws.1
100 ft-lbs with a torque wrench on a dry stud (no oil)
. It also helps get torque from bolt stretch (proper) instaid of friction (improper torque) I use a drop of oil and torque to 100lbs. Obvisly if you go 
with the oil it "could" get on the brakes
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Proper torque became important when rotors started getting smaller, smaller cars. If you over torgue there is a chance of warping the rotors and I guess there is a chance of damaging aluminum wheels, not to mention trying to get them back off later.
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Originally Posted by turboc5
Why no oil? It keeps you from galling up the threads . It also helps get torque from bolt stretch (proper) instaid of friction (improper torque) I use a drop of oil and torque to 100lbs. Obvisly if you go with the oil it "could" get on the brakes
. It also helps get torque from bolt stretch (proper) instaid of friction (improper torque) I use a drop of oil and torque to 100lbs. Obvisly if you go with the oil it "could" get on the brakes
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
Originally Posted by VETTING
I've always used a little never sieze on lug nuts. Is this a bad thing on my 04 C5 polished aluminum rims?
Never had a problem with wheel nuts falling off or what have you because the studs had never seize on them!! Anybody who tells you that the wheel will come off because of never seize is full of it or maybe heard a story about someones brothers milkmans cousin who lost a wheel because of it.
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I have always used a little never seize and have never had any problems on any of my vehicles. I thought that it was important to use the proper torque on aluminum wheels because if you overtorque them you could cause cracking on the rim by the lug nuts. Also because aluminum is softer than steel, checking the torque again in @500 miles seems to be important.