I have a 2001 Accord Coupe EX V6 with the 5 lug 16 inch wheels. Does anyone know what the correct torque setting is for the lug nuts?

Thanks for your help!

Jim

 

80 ft/lbs

 

you people actually check your torque on your wheels???? i just use my air gun to tighten them this is all most mechanics use ...

never lost a wheel yet....

 

i heard that it was bad to use air gun to tighten them,,,,,why?

 

If you are not careful with an air gun you can severely overtighten your lugs. I am a tech and use an air gun on every wheel and I have never had a problem. The key is to not tighten the lug down all the way until the others have been set. A torque stick can be used to prevent overtightening. They are available at many auto parts stores.

 

Thanks for your help!!

 

The lugs should be torqued evenly to 80lb/ft or you run the risk of warping rotors, not to mention having a bitch of a time removing them on the side of the road if you get a flat. Even torque sticks are not reliable enough in my opinion. If you see someone with an air gun tightening your lug nuts, scream STOP! Then never go back there again.

 

The shop use air gun cost it's more cost effective..time saving
cant really blame them.

80 lbs with muscle=the way to go

 

i had my brake pads changed at a shop and the dicks decided to use an air gun to tighten my lugs down. it took all my might to take them off. i have an air gun myself that never touches my lugs. then in the process of them putting my wheels back on they didnt thread them by hand first and i had 3 stripped lug nuts on my front wheel. dont use a damn air gun for taking wheels off. i dont think i have used my air gun for the past 6 months. its all good old craftsman tools

btw. i torque mine to 90ft/lbs. i think the manual says 85-95ft/lbs


[Modified by 98AccordEX, 11:37 PM 2/21/2003]

 

i just put some body weight on the wrench and check it periodically.

 

The Perfectionist speaks the truth. If they are too tight, you may strip or break a lug taking them off. Not to mention idiots who cross thread and just crank them down with an air gun.

 

airguns always manage to **** up stuff, either they are put on and stripped on or they are too tight and stretch the hardware.

I have an impact myself which hardly sees use (most people do) but really I use my good snap-on breaker bar for loosening and a snap-on/ mac torque wrench for tightning 90% of the time.

 

I got my tires at NTB and they use the air gun to put the lugs on then take a torque wrench to it to torque them to all the same specs. I take it back there for rotations cause it's free and the wheels get cruddy in this winter weather... ANd anytime I have to take off a wheel, I use my torque wrench to get all mine back to 80 lb/ft.

 

Just bought a 99 Accord 4 cyl. It came with new tires so I tried the wrench in the trunk. I could not move them so I got a socket and long breeaker bar - boy were they tight as each made a screaching noise when they first turned. I guess 80 would be the ame for the 4 cyl so that is what I used.

 

very good

 

I have a bar shaped like an X and I can probably do 80ft-lbs easy, I am sure my wheels are always over-torqued, I tighten them as much as i can, it might be interesting to check and see just how much I put on the lugs