[DeTomaso] Torque question

boyd casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 24 11:26:41 EDT 2010


I haven't gotten enough response to actually qualify as a "consensus" I have
been forwarded numerous sources that showed anywhere from 56 to 75 ft lb's.
That was my problem in the first place! The vendor that sold me my wheels
said the spec was 75 ft lbs but he would go for 100 as long as it was by
hand, and done in the proper star pattern. I have 19" x 13.5 wheels on the
rear and 335/30/zr19 tiers so there is quite a bit of mass in the wheel I
would rather err on the side of safety (as long as I am no "over tightening"
and risking damage to the aluminum wheel or pulling out the studs. I don't
think I have the strength ( even with leverage) to pull a  12 mm 10.9 stud
with a head the size of a nickle through a steel hub. I found out that the
hub/bearing assemblies are commercial products used on passenger cars. There
are too many manufacturers to list but I found them by Timken bearing (a
company and product I know and am comfortable with)
And they are extremely well made and have very precise tolerances. They gave
the hub outer diameter as 5.72834645669291".
The studs are 1.75" long, 10.9 steel,  12mm x 1.5 thread and the lug pattern
is 5 lug 114.3, bolt diameter 4.5. So they are the same lug pattern as
Pantera, some fords and mustangs, Toyota MR2 and a handful of Chrysler's..
So the lugs are the same diameter and thread pattern as stock pantera but I
think they studs are longer. They are definitely not "off the shelf" Pantera
parts. The hub / bearing assembly comes already assembled with the studs in
Place. I can send you a photo if you would like  or even better here is a
link to a Hub /bearing assembly with the same specs ( it has a picture front
and back and all the dimensions and pertinent
info.http://mibearings.com/wheel-bearing/513089.html#Specificaions
Thanks again for all your help and support . It is* Really Appreciated*.

Boyd

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:51 AM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 8/23/10 1:46:35 PM, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
> What is the consensus of what the lug nuts should be torqued at?
>
> Boyd, I forgot to ask: are they stock '71-'74 Pantera wheel studs? Or
> something else?
> THanks- J DeRyke



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