Torque for lug nuts?
#11
You can use an air gun rated for that high but be careful when putting on the lug nuts as they can easily be over tightened. However, you may need that much when trying to get the lug nuts off. Where I work, with our trucks, we commonly have to use a breaker bar to remove them.
#12
Has any of you ever had to remove a Lug Nut that was torqued to 150 ft lbs with what Ford put in the truck as a wrench? I can tell you its just not possible to do. The actual wrench they put in the truck twists under the stress of trying to get em off. I had to to it once. Never again I put em to 125 lbs so I can take em off in a roadside emergency.
#13
I Like Tires
Has any of you ever had to remove a Lug Nut that was torqued to 150 ft lbs with what Ford put in the truck as a wrench? I can tell you its just not possible to do. The actual wrench they put in the truck twists under the stress of trying to get em off. I had to to it once. Never again I put em to 125 lbs so I can take em off in a roadside emergency.
I weigh a buck fifty soaking wet so if I can get them off from a proper torque setting, I would bet someone over tightened your lug nuts.
#14
Senior Member
Has any of you ever had to remove a Lug Nut that was torqued to 150 ft lbs with what Ford put in the truck as a wrench? I can tell you its just not possible to do. The actual wrench they put in the truck twists under the stress of trying to get em off. I had to to it once. Never again I put em to 125 lbs so I can take em off in a roadside emergency.