GM / General Motors: wheel nut torque

Dan wrote: 

Sure. The shop manual always has this information. Helm, Inc.

---Bob Gross---

Dan wrote: 

Go here and d/l the pdf:
http://www.dba.com.au/catalogue/pdf/online_pdf/wheel_torque.pdf

Or, go to your local library and look in a Chiltons, Haynes, Motors.

Probably listed right in your owner's manual also.

"Dan" <com> wrote in message
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Thanks,,

I just had a look in the owners manual. It does indicate it at 100 pounds. I
must be a standard weight for majority of cars.

Dan
89 Pontiac 6000 2.8 MPFI
90 Pontiac Grand Am 2.3 H.O Quad 4
89 Chevy Corvette 5.7 TPI

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Dan wrote: 

They tend to be in that range. I just got back from the independent shop with
my Buick. When they rotated the tires, they torqued the nuts to 80. I asked
them, and they said 80. Then I told them that the correct value is 100 for that
car. They shrugged their shoulders, looked it up in the book, and then set them
all again to 100.

I guess that is one of those things that would be hard to prove in court after
the accident when the wheel fell off.

---Bob Gross---

Remember it varies with type of wheel -- steel vs. aluminum. Overtorquing
can lead to brake disc warping


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Chris wrote: 

Sure. You don't need to tell me. I am the car owner who has to beat on the tire
guy to get the correct torque setting.

---Bob Gross---

I should of beat on some of those tire guys like Bob G did. Then my lug
nuts wouldn't of been driven through the steel wheels......

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1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE
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