Torque specs lug nuts

He must have cranked the piss out of those when he out them on with his shiny new impact wrench--that likely overstressed/fractured each nut's tower; removing them was the coup de' grâce...

Horribly designed lug nuts BTW--with that necked down section between the tower to which torqued is applied and the seating segment of the nut. It's almost as though they were designed to break-away upon over-torquing....

 

Thanks..

I know the spec...I was asking about incremental steps for all lugs to get to the final torque value.

 

Not necessary, just snug 'em up by hand then torque to the final value (in a "star",criss-cross pattern)

 

three ugga duggas

 

Switching over to summer tires today.....going with blue-torque

 

83...85....were are literally talking a difference of less than 5%.

I think they will be fine.

 

Just reviewing this post... it is actually “Pounds-feet”. Not Ft/lbs. I need to rotate tires, but am afraid of breaking studs. What is the conversion from Pounds-feet to Ft/lbs. My brother says to multiply Pounds-Feet by one but I keep getting the same number.

 

We don’t need no stink’n lugs

 

80 ft lb torque stick with 3-4 ugga duggas per lug. If you wanna be proper 90 ft lbs has never failed me.

 

So I accidentally put mine at 120lbs multiple times. Do I need to worry about the strength of the studs now? And should I continue to go to 120 since Iv already done it

 

No!

 

No I shouldn’t worry or no I shouldn’t keep putting them to 120 lol

 

I consider myself anal but y’all need to be in a group home or some shit! LOL…

 

No, don't keep tightening them to 120 .

 

Hmmm.....

FWIW, the studs may be compromised with a continuous over-torque of 50%.

Suggest to consider replacing all the studs. I know..... a royal PITA. On the flip side, you could just run until one of the studs break. Then replacement will be imminent.

Back off the torque to 85 lb-ft or 85 ft-lb (no difference) and begin using a torque wrench on them lug nuts. Always tighten in a "star" pattern.

 

83 x 6 - 498 ft-lb total. Put it all on one or spread it evenly, your call.

 

Toyota tech told me 100 when I asked him. I read it was 83 or 85. He gave me a reason, but I forgot why.

 

I would have the Service Manager confirm that level of torque in print from the Maintenance Manual.

Its 83 ftlb. 85 ftlb will not cause problems. 100 ftlb is too much.


I have doubts if the Toyota Tech knows more than the people who designed the truck.