C900 wheel bolt torque

85 ft/lb will do. I torque all alloys to 85, all steel wheels to 100. Makes life simple...

Cool thanks, I used 65 ft/lb since it's what my Volvo uses but I'll torque them tighter tomorrow. They were ridiculously tight when I tried to remove them at first, had to stand on the end of a breaker bar and hop up and down until they broke free.

Bentley manual says 80 ft/lb.

Craig.

If you must use ft and lb, the unit for torque is ftlb or lbft not ft/lb, otherwise its Nm.

ok the bolts on my parts car with really good snow tires must be over

200 ft/bl or something because thay are really really tight i tried everything but nothing is working

i am thinking of using a torch to heat it up but will that hurt the alloy rims

Oh and how brother es.

Nope - you are here because the last person to put that wheel on did not put just a little anti-seize in there. Please, feel free to pass along fondest regards from us all.

The way to go is to load up the lugs with a good quality penetrating lube and bang away on the wheel with a soft plastic/wooden mallet. LOTS of lube - not so much with the banging. Make sure the car is on a proper stand, not the jack.

You will need to look closely at the pads once it's off - but it is usually no pwob to replace given the amont of lube you needed to shoot in to get the wheel off. Allow a couple of days - perhaps start lubing evenings now in preparation for the weekend.

Put a breaker bar on it and then slip a 4' section of iron pipe over that and pull, either the bolts will come free, or the socket will break.

i did that but it was more like a 20 inch bar and i broke the socket now i got a stronger socket but the bolt will not budge at all so i think that a torch might do the job but will the heat hurt the alloy rim???

Use a socket designed for impact wrenches, that's what I used when I found that my impact wrench wasn't powerful enough. Ended up standing on the end of the bar and jumping several times.

Can you get access to an impact gun? Thta'd be the best bet. Portable air compressor and whang away at it...

I wouldn't use the torch if I were you. Like another poster on this thread, I'm a big fan of 4' sections of iron pipe.

John

I agree with the other responses. Not the torch! I haven't found much yet that a 6' fence post over the breaker bar won't shift - especially after the bolts / nuts have had 24hrs worth of a *good* penetrating oil - but bounce on it reasonably gently just to be safe .... Cheers