RE: RE : GTV-6, broken lugs, advice needed

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

<snip>
> serves me right for not holding the tire shop's hands while
> they reinstalled my wheels.  they probably used an impact 
> driver set to a bazillion lb-ft.   now, for the last 20 years since
> then, i hand torque the wheels on all my vehicles myself.
> i typically go about 40 lb-ft on auto wheels.  i have heard some
> "experts" say you only need around 25 lb-ft, and others say
> 70 lb-ft.     use the manufacture's spec, and you will be fine.
<snip>

70 is about right - the manufacturers spec for your GTV6 works out to 66
- 81 ft-lbs.  40 ft-lbs sounds too low.

bs
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