Foot Pound Setting For Tightening "rays" Nuts

[Bakes]

I was told to buy a 1/2 inch Torque Rench to tighten up my Rays nuts.

The Torque Rench has Foot Pound Settings from 10 to 150

Do I just whack it on 150 which is the max or does someone know the exact foot pound setting to use?

Thanks

Nuts are the open ended ones, see pic

[djr81]

100 to 120Nm.

Or more commonly whatever the numpty at the tyre shop manages with his rattle gun.

[Bakes]

So 90 foot pounds?

[djr81]

Buy a bloody metric torque wrench otherwise your Nissan will explode.

100Nm = 74 lbft.

120Nm = 89 lbft.

So yeah anything from 75 to 90 will be ok. Just make sure you do them up in the right order.

[Duncan]

hahah spot on nissan's can't count in imperial, only metric.

you definately do not want aluminium wheel nuts done up with a rattle gun, they will stuff them first time they go on.

[DLOOOK]

^ +1 rattle guns are a no no.

[Bakes]

Have been told by someone else to tighten them at 65 foot pounds = 88Nm

What do you guys rekon?

[DLOOOK]

had a look on the packaging for my 5zigen lug nuts. it says 88-118nm

[sparkmanv11]

My RAYS dura-nuts for TE37s say 88 ~ 118nm.

[SSHatch]

Even in the workshop manual it says the same thing.

Its only a given torque based on the size and thread of the stud and nut.

Wheel nut torque: 98 - 118nm, 10 - 12 kg-m, 72 - 87 ft-lb

[Bakes]

Cheers guys, have tightened them to 65fp or 88Nm.

[Cassbo]

Cheers guys, have tightened them to 65fp or 88Nm.

I should "borrow" a torque wrench from work to tighten up my Rays wheel nuts.

Long story short, I tighten my nuts up to a metric |----------this much----------| (or an imperial |----------that many----------|) using a 12" slider bar with a 12" piece of square section, and it worries me every single time lol

Using my system probably only puts out about 90 Nms, assuming I only stand on my bar and not push/jump on it lol

[Bakes]

Have now tightened them to 80Fp.

[Kinks]

You don't need a torque wrench, just tighten them until you see Ray wince. That's enough.