Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Your torque wrench may not be accurate to 10 ft-lbs (it's ft-lbs, not ft/lbs.)
Did you actually check at 10 ft-lbs and note movement or are you guessing, because you got movement when you checked at normal torque spec? If the latter, how much movement did you note?
Did you read the post before responding to it?
I'm confused; did I miss something? He said he took his torque wrench and found three loose. My question was, in other words:
1. Did OP check with his torque wrench set at normal spec (e.g., something like 85 ft-lbs) and, as he checked them tight, noticed three of them actually rotated excessively before reaching the final torque value?; OR
2. Did OP check with his torque wrench set initially to a low torque value,
Originally Posted By: Doog
3....count em THREE loose lug nuts
They didn't have 10 ft/lbs on them.
Good question: The torque setting is 77 ft lbs. So, I always take my TW and set it at 80 ft lbs. then hit all the lug nuts. 99% of the time the wrench simply clicks off with moderate pressure so I know they are at 80. I had 1 take 1.5 complete turns (loose) and 2 take about 1/5 of a turn before clicking off. (so my guesstimate is 10 ft.lbs. )
