Torque Lug Nuts Tip
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Torque Lug Nuts Tip
I found this tip on the internet for Honda cars although I'm sure it's good practice on any car. Anybody have recommendations for decent torque wrench for the home mechanic ?
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Honda Owner Tips for August 2003
Tip 1: Avoid the shakes: always use a torque wrench to tighten your wheel nuts.
Ever hit your brakes and the steering wheel starts to shake? This is the result of warped front rotors. The cause of the warp is having different torques on the wheel nuts. The rotor is a disc, which gets very hot when the brakes are applied. When the disc cools and you have inconsistent tension on the lug points around the disc, it will bend or warp. That's why you should always use a torque wrench -- if you make sure the wheel nuts are at the same torque, you'll avoid the shakes.
Thanks!
Honda Owner Tips for August 2003
Tip 1: Avoid the shakes: always use a torque wrench to tighten your wheel nuts.
Ever hit your brakes and the steering wheel starts to shake? This is the result of warped front rotors. The cause of the warp is having different torques on the wheel nuts. The rotor is a disc, which gets very hot when the brakes are applied. When the disc cools and you have inconsistent tension on the lug points around the disc, it will bend or warp. That's why you should always use a torque wrench -- if you make sure the wheel nuts are at the same torque, you'll avoid the shakes.
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Originally posted by hondaboy_tsx
What are the torque specs for the TSX wheel nuts? I have a wrench, but don't know how tight to make them.
What are the torque specs for the TSX wheel nuts? I have a wrench, but don't know how tight to make them.
I pikced up a cheap torque wrench from Harbor Freight for $10 or so.
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Always torque the lug nuts!!!. My cousin was stupid when he put on my wheels, over tightened them and now my front rotors are warped. I'm getting performance rotors anyways, so I really don't care, but until I do it's a real pain in the ass. When braking from 80-0 it feels like my hands are being massaged by the steering wheel lol.
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Originally posted by Wess
Always torque the lug nuts!!!. My cousin was stupid when he put on my wheels, over tightened them and now my front rotors are warped. I'm getting performance rotors anyways, so I really don't care, but until I do it's a real pain in the ass. When braking from 80-0 it feels like my hands are being massaged by the steering wheel lol.
Best advice I could give when putting on rims
l8ers
Wess
Always torque the lug nuts!!!. My cousin was stupid when he put on my wheels, over tightened them and now my front rotors are warped. I'm getting performance rotors anyways, so I really don't care, but until I do it's a real pain in the ass. When braking from 80-0 it feels like my hands are being massaged by the steering wheel lol.
Best advice I could give when putting on rims
l8ers
Wess
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At my shop we hand torque EVERY lugnut for this reason and now we see virtually zero comebacks for warped rotors- we go through about 6 torque wrench's a year but its well worth the expense to do the job the right way. Also I am sure most of you know this but torque them in the "star" pattern.
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Originally posted by Tireguy
At my shop we hand torque EVERY lugnut for this reason and now we see virtually zero comebacks for warped rotors- we go through about 6 torque wrench's a year but its well worth the expense to do the job the right way. Also I am sure most of you know this but torque them in the "star" pattern.
At my shop we hand torque EVERY lugnut for this reason and now we see virtually zero comebacks for warped rotors- we go through about 6 torque wrench's a year but its well worth the expense to do the job the right way. Also I am sure most of you know this but torque them in the "star" pattern.
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Well if I didn't put on my new rims then it would've been a warranty issue, but since I did, they blamed it on that lol. I'm sure it was like that before, but in the winter time I never tried braking from 80-100 to 0.
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Originally posted by tsx-fl
I had warped rotors at 11k, 17k and 23k. Are you saying they did not use torque wrench at the factory and dealer?
I had warped rotors at 11k, 17k and 23k. Are you saying they did not use torque wrench at the factory and dealer?
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