question about putting wheels back on..

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Jul 31, 2007 | 02:47 PM

zero388

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question about putting wheels back on..

My friend is letting me use his torque wrench to put my wheels back on and I need to know how far to torque them. I have heard that 80 ft lbs is good but I just wanted to see what yall have done? thanks

Jul 31, 2007 | 02:58 PM

joshuo

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RE: question about putting wheels back on..

i dont have a torque wrench. i just torqued mine as hard as i could wih the little bar. its probably more then 80 Ft-lbs, but then again, my old ones were on there at about 220Ft-lbs due to a fantastic airtool...[&:]

Jul 31, 2007 | 03:02 PM

cincyTT

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ORIGINAL: joshuo

i dont have a torque wrench. i just torqued mine as hard as i could wih the little bar. its probably more then 80 Ft-lbs,

Same here. its safe cause i know they are really tight and not over torqued like a shop would install them, meaning i can get them back off

Jul 31, 2007 | 03:05 PM

joshuo

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yes shops torque the **** out of them so you have to pay them to get your wheels off!
One more Ft-lbs on one of my wheels and i wouldn't have been able to get them off!

Jul 31, 2007 | 03:21 PM

diehlryan

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the only problem with tightening them as hard as you can with a breaker bar is that you probably cant get them off with the audi supplied lug wrench.

Jul 31, 2007 | 04:00 PM

cincyTT

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I only use the audi wrench to tighten it. Never had a problem removing the bolts after or them coming loose at any time. And i have had the wheels on and off way to many times.

Jul 31, 2007 | 04:06 PM

Ergokinetics

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Audi says torque to 90 lb/ft but I've found this to be too soft and the nuts came loose (on the wheels, not in my head). I torque to 97 lb/ft and have no problems.