feeling and hearing clicking while turning wheel

[David Wood]

I just got new tires all the way round and now im feeling and hearing clicking while turning steering wheel at very low speed and at stand still. My car is a 1994 Honda Accord LX Coupe F22B2 Non-Vtec. If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it, I travel alot and I don’t need any mishaps on the interstate at 80mph because of something breaking.

this may just be me being paranoid but im very cautious now because I had a brake job done a year ago and I rolled a wheel rite off my car a few days later because they didn’t torque my wheels and I messed up a few things which were pricey wheel and tire included.

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[crypkilla]

Your story is the reason so many of us will never trust another man to torque our lug nuts. For starters you should buy yourself a torque wrench and check your lug nut torque.

This perfectly adequate torque wrench is on sale for $10 (the cheapest i’ve ever seen it by the way. price is adjusted once you put it in your cart)
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-drive-click-type-torque-wrench-239.html?ccdenc=eyJjb2RlIjoiMzY2MzM1NjYiLCJza3UiOiIyMzkiLCJpcyI6IjkuOTkiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lkIjoiOCJ9

[David Wood]

could you tell me what the torque spec is for my car with aftermarket alloys rollin on 205/45/17

[Dave]

The torque specs do not change because of aftermarket wheels.

[David Wood]

I never knew the torque specs to start with, when I work on my car I usually just use my 200lb self on the end of a crowbar.

[Dave]

shouldn’t be to hard to Google the torque specs. But most import cars are less than 100 ft lbs.

[David Wood]

aw ok, didn’t know it was that easy to find.

[Jack Patteeuw]

[quote=”DavidBWood3″ post=61786]I never knew the torque specs to start with, when I work on my car I usually just use my 200lb self on the end of a crowbar.[/quote]
I did that as a kid. I quickly found out that I could tighten the lug nuts with a “4-way”, cross lug wrench tighter than could be taken off by any impact !

The flip side is that I think it is crazy that tire stores want you to come back and have them check to torque on the lug nuts a week later. The place I go to triple checks the torque (torque stick, torque wrench, supervisor with a torque wrench).

[John B Kobberstad]

[quote=”theoldwizard1″ post=61798][quote=”DavidBWood3″ post=61786]The flip side is that I think it is crazy that tire stores want you to come back and have them check to torque on the lug nuts a week later. The place I go to triple checks the torque (torque stick, torque wrench, supervisor with a torque wrench).[/quote]

I think that’s only if you have alloy wheels. Steel wheels I don’t think so.

[crypkilla]

[quote=”brokemechanic3000″ post=61785]The torque specs do not change because of aftermarket wheels.[/quote]

they do if ur stock torque spec is for steel wheels and u put some softer wheels on

[quote=”brokemechanic3000″ post=61785]The torque specs do not change because of aftermarket wheels.[/quote]

ETCG has a video on lug nut torque and why it’s important. IT’S IMPORTANT and you should watch it.
[quote=”brokemechanic3000″ post=61785]The torque specs do not change because of aftermarket wheels.[/quote]

[quote=”DavidBWood3″ post=61798] tire stores want you to come back and have them check to torque on the lug nuts a week later [/quote]

some manuals call for this. the torque can change after being driven. or maybe after certain repairs (like replacing lugs?)

[crypkilla]

your stock torque setting is only 80 ft/lbs. not only is the torque value important, but getting all of them the same is very important. watch the ECG video.

[Dave]

Tire shops want you to come back to recheck torque because tires have been known to come loose after a few miles. Steel or Aluminum – it doesn’t matter, and lawyers tell us to do this because someone didn’t and people got hurt. And torque does not change for after-market wheels because the torque setting is for the lug nut and stud to stretch properly the wheel just happens to be in between them

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