Last month I rotated the wheels on the '06 Camry, from front to back. Yesterday I re-torqued them after 350 miles of driving and five weeks.
All the lug nuts on the two rear wheels did not turn even a bit; they were perfectly torqued. But 4 out of 5 lug nuts on the passenger-side front wheel turned a little bit, less than a quarter turn--probably about an eighth of a turn (1/8 turn).
On the driver-side front wheel, 2 out of 5 lug nuts also turned about 1/8 of a turn when I re-torqued them.
I know these 6 loosened lug nuts on the two front wheels lost more than 5 foot-pounds of their original 76 foot-pound torque setting because yesterday to re-torque them, I set my torque wrench at 71 foot-pounds, which is 5 less than the
76 foot-pounds I torqued them to last month during the 5,000-mile wheel rotation.Is this greater-than-5-foot-pound loosening of some of the lug nuts on the front wheels something to be concerned about? I'd like to wait until the next 5,000-mile wheel rotation before re-torquing the wheels again. Is this advisable, or should I check and re-torque the wheels more often?