Do I need a torque rwench to tight the wheel nets and oil pan plug?

 

wheel nets??

Wheel Nuts - Yes, recommended.
Oil drain plug - I don't think so.

 

OK. Thanks. Where can I get a good torque wrench and what is the recommended size? I want to my wheels rotation.

 

It is recommended that you torque the lug nuts and the oil drain plug. Wheel locks, 800 ft./lbs. - Oil drain plug, 29 ft./lbs.

 

Sorry, not 800 ft./lbs.
80ft./lbs

 

the nicer ones i've seen are the digital ones, and the ones the are dials and click. the needles torque wrenches are junk, not as accurate

 

actually the needle type wrenches are considered to be more accurate. your supposed to use those when doing engine work.
but they are a little annoying to use. i use a click type.

no need to torque the drain plug

 

Thanks for the info. This weekend I went to my local Sears department store and saw two types of dial and click torque wrenches, 25-250 inch-lbs and 15-75 ft-lbs. They are both $70 each. The 15-75 ft-lbs is a little bigger. Do you think it's worth the money getting the 15-75 ft-lb to do most of the Do-It-Yourself jobs?

 

25-250 in*lbs is equivalent to 2.1-21 ft*lbs which is not in the range that you're looking for. Get the bigger one, 15-75 ft*lbs.

 

I have the larger sears torque wrench and have been happy. I would use it for both the wheel nuts and the oil pan. It won't quite make it for the lug nuts but you can turn th nut just a little more for more torque.

The oil pan nut is very easy to strip and about $800 to fix. I use a torque wrench each time.

steve

 

I would definitely use one for the lug nuts. TireRack has a decent Gorilla wrench for $30 which includes a case. I would bother with the oil pan nut either.

 

Correct. The metal is soft and if you strip out the threads you're screwed. Like someone else posted here, it's 29 ft/lbs when tight. You'd be surprised at how little torque that is. I bet 90% of all oil change places overtighten the plug.

Same holds true with the lug nuts. 80 ft/lbs doesn't seem tight enough when you first torque them to spec, but it is fine and I've never had one come loose. Tire places use an impact wrench and I've had my car come back with lugs torqued well over 100 ft/lbs. Those are a b!tch to get off without a T-wrench or impact wrench yourself.