I have a clicking noise coming from the front driver side wheel. I read on this site where a clicking noise can come from the rear axle nuts and the torque needs to be adjusted up to 240. Is this the same for the front? could that be the problem? It only does it below 5 mph then stops.

 

i just had this too with my RPF1s, turns out the retainer nut on my valve stem came off inside the tire and would only make noise at low RPM with no vibrations. Tire shop fixed it for free.

 

ok sweet thanks for the advice. I will take it back to the shop that put my tires on

 

no problem. mine was front drivers too, also with new tires. The nut would ride up the tire then drop on the drum of the wheel at low speed. at higher speeds it would stop because the centrif. force would make it stick with the tire and not drop. 5 minute fix lol.

an easy check is jack the driver side front up and slowly spin the wheel. you'll feel the nut bounce inside the tire if that's it, plus you'll isolate the noise

 

Just in case anyone is looking for the answer to your original question, it should be torqued to 180-240 ft-lbs and then an extra 60°, which is about 380-400 ft-lbs.

 

As much tq as your little arms can muster

 

Thanks for the help guys. After I got off work I took my car to the original tire shop that mounted and balanced my wheels and come to find out there was a nut loose inside my rim making a ticking noise on start up as described earlier. Problem solved! lol thanks again

 

This is for the rear axle nuts...not the fronts as i understand.

There is an excellent post on this forum regarding REAR axle nut tq.

darcy

 

Oops, I skimmed. You are correct. Front is 180 ft-lbs.

 

yea you gotta torque the hell out of those front axle nuts........