Torque setting for 182 alloys

[korncup]

Hi Guys,

Gonna be giving the alloys on my 182 a good clean at the weekend inside and out! Gonna have to take them off to get the job done right just need to know what torque setting to set the wrench when tightening them back up? Can anyone help?

 

[Jay.S]

just do them as tight as you can get them. use a good bar with good leverage.

 

[korncup]

You sure about that? really don't wanna f*#k them up them!

 

[Jay.S]

i have always done that on my cars, I think they are 19mm. Just remember how tight they where when they came off and them like that.

 

[Matthew]

As above really, aslong as they are as tight as you can get them with a good wheel brace, youle be fine

 

[Jay.S]

if you really want to no phone your local renault dealer.

 

[korncup]

Ok, cheers fellas, will give it a go without the torque wrench!

 

[korncup]

Could do, but knowing my local renault dealer they would probably charge me for the info, robbing feckers!

 

[Matthew]

Youle be sound with good old arm power mate lol

 

[guysy]

Search.... you will find more answers

90nm is correct dry torque iirc...

People do them 90-100nm...

 

[bedford8256]

i don mine at 120 thats plenty tight enough, last thing u wanna do is snap ur bolts

 

[Jay.S]

120nm is lot of force, to do it by hand with a jimmy bar will be hard.lol.

 

[jenic]

After trying a few different settings I am now on 110Nm for road, 120Nm for track.

Stops the b*****ds falling out lol

 

[korncup]

Thanks for all the info! One other thing before i go how do i get my profile pic up when posting threads?

 

[Beef-Mc]

Fred says 110, 110 it is lol.

 

[Joeh]

Amazes me how many people just get a massive f**king bar and think 'tighter is better'

 

[bigup7]

100nm for me

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

LOL @ "as tight as you can get them"

Yeah, dip the nuts in superglue before you run them in

 

[Sean6545]

110 nm

 

[SC03OTT]

Loctite and an air gun is the way to roll, amateurs.

 

[korncup]

Gonna go with the torque setting first. Bought a wrench just as well use it! Figured out how to get a pic up! Won't get a pic up for a few days though computer crashed back along and lost all pics, shame had a few nice ones of the 182

 

[Jay.S]

LOL @ "as tight as you can get them"

110-120nm by hand wont happen, so tight as you can by hand. whats wrong with that go to garages do you ever see them use torque wrenches no they just whack them on.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Loctite and an air gun is the way to roll, amateurs.

lol

 

[SC03OTT]

LOL @ "as tight as you can get them"

110-120nm by hand wont happen, so tight as you can by hand. whats wrong with that go to garages do you ever see them use torque wrenches no they just whack them on.

Are you retarded? My bolts on my car right now are tightened to 120nm, like it says in my book. Done by hand.

 

[DrR]

Christ, if i did them as tight as i could they'd break, you lot must be wusses.

 

[Matthew]

A good wheel brace, get them on, do them up as much as you can, nothing wrong with that.

Think people measuring torque settings on wheel nuts on Clios smells of MASSIVE overkill. Its a Clio ffs not an F1 car.

End thread.

 

[Jay.S]

Are you retarded? My bolts on my car right now are tightened to 120nm, like it says in my book. Done by hand.

You strike me as the type of guy that would check the tightness and torque settings of your wheels after an MOT or garage work.

Pointless

 

[jenic]

A good wheel brace, get them on, do them up as much as you can, nothing wrong with that.

Think people measuring torque settings on wheel nuts on Clios smells of MASSIVE overkill. Its a Clio ffs not an F1 car.

End thread.

Not really, my mate did his by hand, ended up snapping one and had to get the garage to drill it out.

You should torque everything you can imo! Not doing so can go 1 of 2 ways:

1) under tightened - result in wheel falling off when on a spirited drive (i have almost had this on the road once)

2) damage to the bolts/hub

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Going as hard as you can is f**king stupid!

 

[Matthew]

Not really, my mate did his by hand, ended up snapping one and had to get the garage to drill it out.

You should torque everything you can imo!

Ime nowhere near strong enough to snap anything Mike, not even a straw lol

 

[Jay.S]

Well everyone is different and has there own way to do things, the pros in garages dont use torque settings you see Ferrari on F1 in the pit lane getting there torque wrench out and i think theres it a little more inportant than a clio. Also a not 16st and go the gym so it suits me fine. Also i work with nuts and bolts everyday so i no when one is going to cross thread or not feeling write.

 

[Matthew]

Discussing wheel nut tightness FTL, my 1000th post on this. Seriously need to get out more....

 

[SC03OTT]

These nuts and bolts you work with...do they come in a box like this?

 

[Jay.S]

Thats where i started yeah brilliant set yo should of seen my bridges.lol.

 

[p@blo]

109.37 for mine.

 

[DannoTheGreat]

Going as hard as you can is f**king stupid!

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