sbyrne

I drove an '84 944 today that I like and have the owner's blessing to take it to a specialist tomorrow (Friday, 1/20) morning for a PPI. One or both of the front tires are seriously out of balance so the owner has agreed to foot the bill for a balance job before I take the car on the 40 mile highway jaunt to my mechanic. I need to know the torque spec on the lug nuts so I can tighten them myself (no impact guns!). No luck with the "search" feature (95 ft lbs for 964's was all I could find). Help a brother out, please.

Serge944

90 ft lbs

shiners780

Anywhere around 94-96 seems to be a common range.

Techno Duck

If you want to get real technical, the factory manual says 96ft-lbs.

Dave

93 to 96 ft/lbs, depending on the source

XxKHxX

is there a problem if you undertorque ur lugs? (i dont have a torque wrench so i tighten until i cant turn it anymore)

Serge944

Overtorquing can warp your hubs. You need to have a "feel for it" if you dont use a torque wrench.

nine-44

94, all day every day for me.

XxKHxX

i dont think i can get 96 lbs or torque by hand...so undertorquing is my problem

Techno Duck

KH, what are you using to torque down the lug nuts? Is it a regular T-handle type wrench, a 1/4 drive ratchet or a breaker bar?

You can easily do it with a T-handle or a breaker bar, a 1/4 drive ratchet might give you some trouble though.

Serge944

Son, you need to get yourself to the gym or enroll in a physics class.

Z-man

I too have heard 96 ft/lbs. I have also heard that if you switch to steel lug nuts, you should torque them down to 100 ft/lbs. But when you consider the inaacuracies of torque wrenches, anywhere from 93 to 100 is about the same.

Now if you don't have a torque wrench, then I have heard that using the supplied T-bar thingy and tightening it down and snugging it down by applying decent pressure, you should be at or near 100 ft/lbs. That kinda makes sense, since most folks don't tote a torque wrench around their cars, and still are able to change a flat tire...

-Z-man.

yellowline

If you have a bar or ratchet more than a foot long and you weigh more than 96 pounds, you're set.

96 ft-lb= 96 lbs of force * 1 ft. distance.

Overtorquing is the problem.

When tightening, remember to use the star pattern. Start at the top lug nut, then tighten the lugnut across, and continue.

Dmitry S.

Factory says to use 96 ft/lbs and applying anti-seize compound on the tapered seat of the lug nut, not the threads. Also, the wheel lock goes opposite of the valve stem.

XxKHxX

oh i see..didnt think i applied that much force, because after i get my wheel aligned, its a %&$& trying to take the lugs off. i always thought i wasnt torquing it to specs.