Newbie here, still waiting on the Bentley manual to arrive.

I've searched for this and gotten lots of specs for suspension parts but not any for the wheel bolts specifically.

I had a 99 Passat that had a wheel bolt torque spec of 89 ft-lbs, which I used to tighten the bolts on my new used 2001 A6. I've now retightened them twice over the last few hundred miles, and gotten some movement before the click each time.

Anyone know off-hand the wheel bolt torque spec for an 01 A6?

Thanks in advance,

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Paul

 

90 ftlbs.

 

Discount Tires torques mine to 90 ftlbs as well.

 

Aluminum wheels are commonly torqued to 90-100ftlbs.
Steel wheels are torqued between 60-80ftlbs.
If you have stock wheels 90ftlbs should be fine.

 

Thanks so much for the help. I'm surprised that they loosened twice. Never seen that happen before.

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Paul

 

Its because you torqued them on the ground, sometimes the torque wrench will go off before the wheel is against the hub because you're trying to pull the wheel towards the hub with the weight of the car on it. The best way to avoid this is give it a light hit from an impact gun on all the lugs before lowering it to the ground, then torque it.

 

I did hit them all with a 3/4 impact wrench, level two of three, before lowering, same as I always did on the Passat. On the Passat, I always checked torque a day or two later at 89 ft-lbs, but it never turned the bolts. That's the reason I was confused. Seems like everything finally stayed tight today though, so I suppose all's well.

Thanks again for the help,

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Paul

 

What kind of torque wrench were you using? I would say it needs calibration then. On cheaper wrenches (less than $200) you have to put the setting to 0 for storage or it will fvck up the wrench.

 

It's a craftsman, less than $200. I think less than $100, actually. I think there's another around here somewhere, newer and less often used. I'll check with that and post back.

Thanks much for the help!

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Paul