Haimsey
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When you tighten them by hand (not using air gun); how tight do you do them?
Curious, not asking for help.
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big eck
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Christ thats like asking how long is a piece of string aint it lol
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Adam
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will be in the manual what torque they should be done up to, if not will be in the haynes
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Adam
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will be around 80-90 ft-lb
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harrisp
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I do them up with a ratchet then tighten them with a breaker bar, not had a problem yet.
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
Christ thats like asking how long is a piece of string aint it lol
double the distance from midle to end.
[Edited on 12-10-2008 by daymoon]
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pow
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I have a breaker bar I just tighten them up with 
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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
will be around 80-90 ft-lb
how can you tell that by just using your hands tho???
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mattyross
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torque settings are less important on steel wheels than alloy wheels.
i finger tighten, then use the breaker bar until the nut 'bites' without overtightening.
taking the post thread away at a slight tangent,,
i often wonder with regards to precise torque settings on rear wheel bolts.
if the car has rear drum brakes, the bolts are only attatched to the outer drum casing.
the outer drum casing is only attatched to the car by a finger tightened spiggot nut 
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam
will be around 80-90 ft-lb
iirc the garage I last got tyres fitted at had a torque wrench and out of interest I asked how tight they were going. He said he was putting them to 150n/M.
And a wheel came loose 
edit to say: don't think it was because of the torque they came loose.
[Edited on 12-10-2008 by alan-g-w]
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Jordan C
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if its a vauxhall then 110 nm is the setting if by hand i nip mine up then 1/8 of a turn normaly
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alan-g-w
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I meant to say, when I'm doing mine it's a case of just less than as tight as possible - hard to explain, but you know when they're tight enough anyway.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
quote:
Originally posted by Adam
will be around 80-90 ft-lb
how can you tell that by just using your hands tho???
Torque wrench.
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LeeM
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i tighten mine as much as i can then put a breaker on and jump on it to get them tighter!
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Mobby
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RFT
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antnee
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Im with lee, tighten them up by hand, the jump on the bar so about 210nm for me
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ed
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That's probably as bad as doing them up too loose though.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
That's probably as bad as doing them up too loose though.
Exactly. I feel like sometimes if I go any further they're going to shear.
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LeeM
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i thought this but as i dont have a torque wrench i'd rather they were too tight than too loose
[Edited on 12-10-2008 by lee_wee]
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Jordan C
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
That's probably as bad as doing them up too loose though.
Aye it is u end up stretching the bolts!
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Corsa_Sport21
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I tighten mine up so theyr tight at the time and easy enough to come off next time.
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
i thought this but as i dont have a torque wrench i'd rather they were too tight then too loose
edited to what you meant to say I think
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bieransri
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quote:
Originally posted by mattyross
torque settings are less important on steel wheels than alloy wheels.
i finger tighten, then use the breaker bar until the nut 'bites' without overtightening.
taking the post thread away at a slight tangent,,
i often wonder with regards to precise torque settings on rear wheel bolts.
if the car has rear drum brakes, the bolts are only attatched to the outer drum casing.
the outer drum casing is only attatched to the car by a finger tightened spiggot nut
but the hub is bolted to the stub axle.
the wheel bolts pass through the drum into the hub.
its not the wheel bolts, bolting into the drum thats bolted to the hub with a grub screw.
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Graham88
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I get it so it's lightly pinched, then lean on the breaker bar so they have a tight pinch too it. They don't need to be so tight you are jumping on bars
[Edited on 12-10-2008 by Graham88]
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ed
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Plus the nut that the rear drum is held on with is a castle nut locked in on a split pin or lock wire.
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