Any problems I might encounter b/c of 100 pnds. Torque on lug nuts?
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Any problems I might encounter b/c of 100 pnds. Torque on lug nuts?
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Last spring, my girlfriend bought her 02 civic and I had bought her some new tenzo rims. I could of sworn I checked the manual, looked on the forums here for the torque specs that I torqued her lug nuts to 100 pounds! My manual for my car says 100pounds so I thought it made sense that most lug nuts have the same specs.
Anyhow I just came across a few forums that people are saying 80pnds. torque for the lug nuts. I became so frusturated that I missed something this easy, yet important. I just recently took off her aftermarket rims, and put on the factory rims for the winter. Once again I tighted the nuts to 100 pounds.
Of course, I'm going to take off the lug nuts today and torque it to the right specs of 80pounds. But am I ok as for no problems of overtightening the lug nuts? I sure do not want to encounter anything in the future. Please help out. Thanks!
Last spring, my girlfriend bought her 02 civic and I had bought her some new tenzo rims. I could of sworn I checked the manual, looked on the forums here for the torque specs that I torqued her lug nuts to 100 pounds! My manual for my car says 100pounds so I thought it made sense that most lug nuts have the same specs.
Anyhow I just came across a few forums that people are saying 80pnds. torque for the lug nuts. I became so frusturated that I missed something this easy, yet important. I just recently took off her aftermarket rims, and put on the factory rims for the winter. Once again I tighted the nuts to 100 pounds.
Of course, I'm going to take off the lug nuts today and torque it to the right specs of 80pounds. But am I ok as for no problems of overtightening the lug nuts? I sure do not want to encounter anything in the future. Please help out. Thanks!
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Rep Power: 0 Yeah overtorqueing can cause problems. You may have them too tight and might break some threads in there or you may hit a pothole or dip in the road and break some lugs off. Trust me. I've been there. Though mine weren't overtorqued. They just weren't the exact correct lugnuts for my wheels. I figured "oh they'll be good enough". Wrong. 80pds keep it! 
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Rep Power: 0 Yeah so far, no threads are broken nor any loose lugs. However, I am worried the lugs have warped the rotor. While reading through some forums, it made me feel better when some people recommend torquing the lug nuts between 85 to 90..........just 10 more pounds and it'll be 100! But yeah 80pounds is what I'm going for.
Remember the stock steel wheel is not the same as the aluminum Tenzo rim either, since aluminum is a softer metal than steel this is probably why you dont want to go over 80 lbs. And like everyone else said to you may strip the lug nuts and bolt studs.
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Rep Power: 0 Well I can say that anyone who doesn't use a torque wrench, and just goes by pulling really hard is going past 100pounds. But if you didn't encounter any problems in doing so, then I shouldn't worry about overtorquing by 20pounds just one time. I'm glad I posted this....it's a reassuring way to know I didn't screw up.
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