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Mine looked worse at 8 years. Road salt every
winter of course and that's certainly the reason.
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Mine looked worse at 8 years. Road salt every
winter of course and that's certainly the reason.
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I believe Ford uses that torque (200 nm) for all 14mm studs. My older F150 has 2.0mm pitch and specs that. Newer ones with 1.5mm pitch also do. I'd expect without extensive research that tension and stretch at 1.5mm pitch will be 33% greater than with 2.0mm.I think it's crazy but the little ford maverick is like 148 ft pounds due to m14x1.5 10.9 hardness studs. I think the ford edge is up there too
I will say before I put the new wheels on the car after the ride home from the dealer, I checked the torque on the wheels before I removed them. The factory did not torque them anywhere near what they speced. I did incrementally torque the new wheels up to about 145. I first put 20 pounds to each nut then 40 60 100 120 140 in a star pattern. Then retorqued them all to 145 after 50 or so miles. A little extreme but I know each wheel is perfect an no vibrations. Not looking forward to ever removing themI believe Ford uses that torque (200 nm) for all 14mm studs. My older F150 has 2.0mm pitch and specs that. Newer ones with 1.5mm pitch also do. I'd expect without extensive research that tension and stretch at 1.5mm pitch will be 33% greater than with 2.0mm.
The torque is dependent on the studs, not the wheels.I'm just curious to see if most wheels are torqued to about the same pressure. Are steel wheels different than alloy wheels?
The 2011 Camry, for all wheels on all models, specifies 76 ft. lbs. of torque for the bolts. Would aftermarket wheels require a different rating?
What's the rating for your car?
High-quality tensile fasteners, -30% torque or so when greased, they said. No tightening with gun.. how many tire shops doing it anyway.
On wheel nuts? I don't go by torque, I do it by feel.