[DeTomaso] Torque question

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I remember reading something about impact and/or air wrenches in this
thread, I think they are fine to get the lugs off and to snug them up when
remounting a wheel/tire combo, but forget the whole NASCAR routine ( unless
you have a $8,000 air wrench pushed by nitrogen on hand, BTW they use
threads about 2.5 times as long as ours, tapered on the end with no threads,
the lugs are RTV glued to the wheels )
, anyway, I always use a hand torque wrench when I set the car down with
weight on it ( I like 75lbs. ), using the star pattern of course. Even carry
one in the car, but no spare
( that's when the cell phone and credit card come into play ).

Elementary to some I'm sure, maybe not for everybody.

Michael Shortt


On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> The hat is held on by the wheel studs isn't it? If inboard then the stud
> splines will hold it fixed against the axle flange and if outboard the wheel
> will keep it it place once mounted and torqued? Make sure the stud splines
> don't protrude beyond the mounting face for the wheel. Did you figure out if
> your wheels are hub centric or not?
>
> IMO 75 ft/lbs for 60 degree taper 12mm x 1.5 lug nuts with min 7 turns of
> thread engagement. Remember to use a star or diagonal torquing pattern.
>
> Julian
>
> > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:46:05 -0400
> > From: boyd411 at gmail.com
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Torque question
>  >
> > I was pleasantly surprised when my replacement parts arrived today (to
> > repair the damage that occured when I almost lost my wheel on
> Thursday)They
> > were shipped from CA. on Friday via US Priority mail and arrived here in
> NY
> > at around 2:00 PM Great customer Service from German Auto and the US Post
> > office! So I am putting everything back together and I want to make sure
> I
> > do everything right. I bought a new torque wrench today and I would like
> to
> > know what are the correct torque specs to fasten the hat to the rotor? I
> > have also read various different torque specs for the Lug nuts. What is
> the
> > consensus of what the lug nuts should be torqued at?
> > Thanks,
> > Boyd
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