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Torquing wheel nuts
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Hello,
I need some help selecting the appropriate torque wrench to torque the wheel nuts on my 2022 Scout Lite which will be delivered to the dealer in early August.
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According to the manual online, it is mandatory to torque the nuts at several pre-determined intervals upon the first outing with the Scout Lite. I have never done this before, not sure what equipment I need, and exactly how to do it.
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Any instructions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Harbor freight has torque wrenches and sockets.?
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Happy camping Dan S
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1/2¡± drive torque wrench, preferably preset click type plus deep socket of lug nut size . Set proper torque, put socket onto torque wrench and tighten until the wrench clicks. Repeat for each lug nut. Do again at required intervals. Presto, done.? On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 8:35 PM dan smartt via <dansm=[email protected]> wrote: Harbor freight has torque wrenches and sockets.? |
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Don Knabb
I bought a torque wrench and the socket recently for our LXE. I found the 1/2 inch drive to be over the top for the torque needed, expensive and heavy. I went with a 3/8 drive Craftsman, which has the capacity for 90 ft lb. It works fine, easy and quick to do, it clicks when I reach 90 ft lb.
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Whatever wrench you get make sure it has an extension that reaches the wheel without the wall getting in the way.? The post that comes off the lug nut is not long enough in some cases.
Torque wrenches will certainly help, but they also are not absolutely mandatory.? If you have steel wheels, it's almost impossible to overtighten them.? Just tighten them as hard as you can.? Aluminum wheels, however,? need a bit more precision on the torque. The wrench I use is one like this: If you get one like it make sure it has the lug nut size that you have on your wheel.? I like it because it reaches under the wall to the wheel, and is not too short.? Plus you grab the cross bars and pull up with one hand and down with the other.? That gives you lots of centered leverage, and you're not pulling sideways on the lug nut, causing the wrench to pop off.?? When you put on a brand new wheel (not tire, but wheel), you should retighten the lug nuts after the breakin period.? The holes in the wheel need to stretch and seat properly, and the paint needs to be ground off.? But after breakin the wheel is unlikely to loosen.?? The other thing I'd recommend is that whenever you get the wheels put on by a tire shop, loosen each lug nut one at a time and make sure it comes off, then retighten.? Some shops put the lug nuts on so tight it takes a gorilla to loosen them.? Also sometimes a shop will cross thread a lug nut and it will have to be broken to remove it.? You want to find that out before you have a flat on the road.? If a lug nut won't come off, you round up your neighbor gorilla, or take it to a shop.?? |
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