Tightening wheel nuts?

[MattyH16valver]

Bought a breaker bar from halford today to take my wheels off.....was putting my locking wheel nut back on and snapped it :roll: Will the nuts generally be tight enough if I do them up with the breaker bar?...or should I splash out £60 for a torque wrench? :shock:

Should be fine if they are tightly turned using a breaker bar or wheel brace.

I dont torque mine even tho ive got a torque wrench.

Also my torque wrench was only £30

[dannyb1986]

id buy a torque wrench, it peace of mind, because you can over tighten them and snap the botls, or you can strip the threads on the hub, exspensive repair either way, or under tighten them and have a wheel fall off!! and i think machine mart sell torque wrenches for under £20 anyway

[Lunner]

breaker bar tight is too tight, i do tehm up not even overly tight using a normal 1/2" drtive rachet, and check them with the torque wrench and almost non of them move

[Mattie]

Bought a breaker bar from halford today to take my wheels off.....was putting my locking wheel nut back on and snapped it :roll: Will the nuts generally be tight enough if I do them up with the breaker bar?...or should I splash out £60 for a torque wrench? :shock:

i did the same :(

only place i cd find 2 drill it out charged me £50 as well! :evil:

[Purple]

Definitely torque wrench the bolts.

I have over half-dozen broken bolts from air-gun tightening. And someone here also mentioned that the non-collared bolts are stronger.

[big hp]

Torque them up 90nm is the magic number

[Justin..]

id buy a torque wrench, it peace of mind, because you can over tighten them and snap the botls, or you can strip the threads on the hub, exspensive repair either way, or under tighten them and have a wheel fall off!! and i think machine mart sell torque wrenches for under £20 anyway



im living proof of that :oops: