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Old 1st August 2021, 08:14   #1
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Default torque setting for wheel bolts

hi could somebody tell me what the torque setting is for rover 75 wheel bolts as when i put my car in for an mot it failed on 4 missing wheel bolts only to find out when i went to pick the car up my locking wheel bolts had been put on too tight they had to break them to get the wheels off lucky enough i had 4 spare wheel bolts in the boot so i got my mot in the end thanks
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Old 1st August 2021, 08:21   #2
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hi could somebody tell me what the torque setting is for rover 75 wheel bolts as when i put my car in for an mot it failed on 4 missing wheel bolts only to find out when i went to pick the car up my locking wheel bolts had been put on too tight they had to break them to get the wheels off lucky enough i had 4 spare wheel bolts in the boot so i got my mot in the end thanks
I normally tighten them to 130nm with a good quality calibrated torque wrench

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Old 1st August 2021, 08:33   #3
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I thought they should be 125nm

Always tell garages to tighten wheel bolts by hand, never an air gun as they over tighten them. Heard so many stories of over tightened wheel bolts. I also tell them that the bolts (as far as I know) should be tightened to 125nm

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I've been doing 125nm.
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I believe the torque figure to be 125 nm 92.1 lbs/ft but in the grand scheme of things 5nm approx 3.5 lbs ft will not make a great deal of difference when torqueing a wheel bolt with a torque wrench that has an accuracy of within -5% to +5% of the torque value . It will be within 10% of the actual torque value so wouldn't worry

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hi could somebody tell me what the torque setting is for rover 75 wheel bolts ...
Hello Cyril,

I can confirm that the figure given in RAVE is 125 Nm.
If you have a torque wrench, I'd recommend that you check them each time after collecting your car from a garage or tyre centre.

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someone might like to mention that the torque value for the locking nuts will differ and is generally lower. I don't have the numbers to hand at the moment. (also different styles of locking bolts may have differing torque requirements).
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Hello Cyril,

I can confirm that the figure given in RAVE is 125 Nm.
If you have a torque wrench, I'd recommend that you check them each time after collecting your car from a garage or tyre centre.

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Best thing is to loosen and then retighten them after having been to the garage (at least you know that you can the undo them in the first place). Just putting a torque wrench on them will give you a false impression, the torque wrench may well click at 125Nm but if they've gunned them up then they may well be over that and the worst time to find out is in the dark and pouring rain and you can't change a wheel.

I saw exactly this happen when I had two new tyres fitted to my bus, the fitter did the wheel nuts up to a couple of dugga duggas and then put the torque wrench on then - it clicked at 400 lb/ft alright, but when I got the bus back home I needed a 6' bar to crack them off, before I did them back up with a standard HGV wheel brace and final tighten with a torque wrench.
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