NEED HELP ON LUGNUT TORQUE SETTINGS
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NEED HELP ON LUGNUT TORQUE SETTINGS
I have my wheels off painting calipers and cant remember the torque settings to put the lugnuts on when remounting wheels :confused: I am pretty sure you tighten all of them to 50, then to 75, then to 100 lbs??? PLEASE HELP :banghead:
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Re: NEED HELP ON LUGNUT TORQUE SETTINGS (ccajun4real)
:iagree: I assume you are going to clean and paint the rotor "hats" too. Check for crud also on the inside of the wheels, where they meets the rotor. A couple of mine had a grease/dirt build-up that could have resulted in uneven mating. :yesnod: :)
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Re: NEED HELP ON LUGNUT TORQUE SETTINGS (carpe dm)
:iagree: I assume you are going to clean and paint the rotor "hats" too. Check for crud also on the inside of the wheels, where they meets the rotor. A couple of mine had a grease/dirt build-up that could have resulted in uneven mating. :yesnod: :)
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Re: NEED HELP ON LUGNUT TORQUE SETTINGS (Grumpy)
:iagree: I assume you are going to clean and paint the rotor "hats" too. Check for crud also on the inside of the wheels, where they meets the rotor. A couple of mine had a grease/dirt build-up that could have resulted in uneven mating. :yesnod: :) :iagree:
:party: [Modified by ccajun4real, 3:08 PM 5/17/2003]
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