I was going to swap out my winter wheels but I don't have a torque wrench with me right now. I was thinking of just tightening up the lug nuts going around the block and re-tightening them. Any one have a better method, or am I asking for trouble not torquing them to spec?

 

get a torque wrench and then do it.

 

Just tighten them to what you think is good, they'll be fine to drive on until you can retighten them with a torque wrench.

 

yea, just like if you were to change a blown tire with the spare...you gotta use your hands.

 

just dont crank on them really hard - youll be surprised how little effort is needed to actually torque them correctly (that said, please make sure they are on tight!)

 

Yeah I've taken them off and put them on with a torque wrench before so I'm a little familiar with the amount of force.

I'll go try it out and see if I can keep the wheels from rolling off in the first turn.

 

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dude...now you're starting to worry us...

its easy to overtorque with your hand as well...so i don't think you will have a problem with the wheels falling off.

if you're weak, use your legs to step down on the bar...and try to apply the same amount of force to each bolt...

i suppose there is a first time for everything...

 

i work at discount tire... and because of that im anal about my lugs. torque those nuts to 80 ft lbs and youll be good to go, and youll put your mind at ease!

 

I was wondering how long it was going to take for someone to put the correct tq. amount up.

 

harborfreight has a cheap torque wrench you can buy/use. it's pretty accurate around 50-90 lbs. i actually use that wrench to due my wheels. 20$ only

anything below, it will not read. anything above, i have air tools.