Date:         Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:58:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: torque wheels?
Comments: To: PSavage <psavage@SABER.NET>
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A reputable mechanic told me that a general rule of thumb is that all
wheels on all passanger cars get 80 foot pounds of tourqe. And that is
it. In the scope of things, 80lbs is not that much.  Because i don;t have
a torque wrench that i am not allowed to remove from my laboratory
anymore, i use some simple logic to tighten the lugs. Hmmm, i weight 200
lbs, so my whole body weight at 1' is too much, so if i step on it at
4.8" i should be about right.  OR don't tighten then more that you can
remove w/o stepping on the wrench!

Good luck and have fun.


Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, PSavage wrote:

> Patrick,
> Can I assume that it would be appropriate for my '85 Westy's wheels also, to
> be torqued at
> 80 lbs of pressure.
> I like your suggestion!
> Phaedra
>