How tight should lugs be?

[bandwagon]

Took wheels off and I just want to know if I have them tight enough. Is 77 correct?

 

[Firefly]

Took wheels off and I just want to know if I have them tight enough. Is 77 correct?

Yup....77 ft

 

[MarkLawson]

Make sure the lug nuts on each wheels are the same torque. Different torques on the lug nuts of the same wheel can cause differing amounts of stress at that point while braking. This could warp your disc & cause a pulsing sensation in the brakes.

 

[boborgera]

Make sure the lug nuts on each wheels are the same torque. Different torques on the lug nuts of the same wheel can cause differing amounts of stress at that point while braking. This could warp your disc & cause a pulsing sensation in the brakes.

:agree: Also they should be tighten in a criss cross way, ie, don't tighten one at a time.

 

[xpeschon]

Make sure the lug nuts on each wheels are the same torque. Different torques on the lug nuts of the same wheel can cause differing amounts of stress at that point while braking. This could warp your disc & cause a pulsing sensation in the brakes.


I didn't know that.. Speaking of torque I have a buddy who has a torque wrench and I went out to tightin the Front Sprocket nut and we noticed his torque wrench is in INCHES, and not FEET.. He has a small engine repair shop.. The question is: Front tires are torqued at 77 ft,,, is there a formula to change the feet to inches? We both though if you take the 77 ft X 12 then that would be the torque in INCHES.. Basic math right? Or are we WAY off on this one? This would be 924 INCHES,, does this sound right folks?? Thanks in advance for your help..

Joe
(X)

 

[LittleJohn]

Make sure the lug nuts on each wheels are the same torque. Different torques on the lug nuts of the same wheel can cause differing amounts of stress at that point while braking. This could warp your disc & cause a pulsing sensation in the brakes.


I didn't know that.. Speaking of torque I have a buddy who has a torque wrench and I went out to tightin the Front Sprocket nut and we noticed his torque wrench is in INCHES, and not FEET.. He has a small engine repair shop.. The question is: Front tires are torqued at 77 ft,,, is there a formula to change the feet to inches? We both though if you take the 77 ft X 12 then that would be the torque in INCHES.. Basic math right? Or are we WAY off on this one? This would be 924 INCHES,, does this sound right folks?? Thanks in advance for your help..

Joe
(X)

You are correct! && Ft/lbs means 77 pounds of forse at 1 foot radius from centerline. Any equivalent of that works, IE 924 pounds at 1 inch, etc.

I used to be the "torque wrench" for the prop nut on a Beech18 engine where I worked. The nut called for 600 ft lbs of torque, so we would put a 2 ft bar on the wrench and hang my 300lb butt off it at that point.

 

[bikeguy]

Make sure the lug nuts on each wheels are the same torque. Different torques on the lug nuts of the same wheel can cause differing amounts of stress at that point while braking. This could warp your disc & cause a pulsing sensation in the brakes.


I didn't know that.. Speaking of torque I have a buddy who has a torque wrench and I went out to tightin the Front Sprocket nut and we noticed his torque wrench is in INCHES, and not FEET.. He has a small engine repair shop.. The question is: Front tires are torqued at 77 ft,,, is there a formula to change the feet to inches? We both though if you take the 77 ft X 12 then that would be the torque in INCHES.. Basic math right? Or are we WAY off on this one? This would be 924 INCHES,, does this sound right folks?? Thanks in advance for your help..

That is correct. As you say, basic math. For more complicated conversions I like the following site.


Joe
(X)

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Cotton

 

[bikeguy]

Boy, I messed up that last post, didn't I? Well, I'll chalk it up to having a brand new Spyder sitting in the garage while it rains with rain predicted every day this week. That and having tears in my eyes from laughing about LittleJohn being a human torque wrench. I couldn't see what I was saying. Anyway, that is a good conversion site.

Cotton

 

[GaryTheBadger]

:agree: Also they should be tighten in a criss cross way, ie, don't tighten one at a time.

How do you criss-cross tighten with only three lug nuts?

 

[boborgera]

How do you criss-cross tighten with only three lug nuts?

:hun:
Ingenuity= With one lug on top tighten a little, left bottom lug tighten a little, right bottom lug tighten a little, And here we go around the mulberry bush :roflblack: ,Or you can go right bottom lug, left bottom lug, Or you can go, Never mind You get the idea.