drober30

I'm at the mall and sears has their tourqe wrenches for 50% off so I thought I would grab one but I need to know which one, 1/2" or 3/8" depending on what the ft pounds or foot inch specs are.

Anyone know?

Fairfax 4.0T

Not sure what the book says, but I have always set my Audi and Porsche lug nuts at 90-92 lb-ft of torque. You can't go wrong with that setting.

Fixeroh

Do not know exactly but I believe it is in the 80 to 90 lb ft range. Almost all cars are in the 80 to 120 lb ft range. My last car was 80. Get a good wrench with decent resolution in that range and you'll be good!

Fixeroh

Bingo. Pretty sure I used 90 lb ft when I installed my winter wheels/tires.

Fixeroh

If you don't have a good electric impact wrench, I can highly recommend the Craftsman unit. Made changing out wheels SO much easier. Worth every penny. More so if it's on sale.

drober30

Thanks everyone, I picked up a sweet Craftsman tourqe wrench which was on sale for half off then got another $10 off at the register for some reason so only paid $31.79 out the door! It does the ranges you all mentioned.

So glad my daughter dragged me to the mall to get her boots!

uberwgn

88 ft*lbs.

DennisMitchell

Despite the ratchet feature built-in on the Sears Craftsman Torque Wrench, do not loosen the lug bolts with the torque wrench. Get a separate breaker bar for that. I am pretty sure that the tool instructions state this and since the tool only has a 1 year warranty (not lifetime like screwdrivers and sockets), do not push it to do more than its design.

drober30

Thanks, did not know that. I am purchasing the Torque-Limiting Wheel Bolt Socket Kit from esctuning that will allow me to use my impact to install and remove the wheel bolts. These will torque the bolts to about 77 ft lbs then I will use the craftsman torque wrench to tighten them to the 88 - 90 ft lbs.