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12-12-2011, 02:44 PM | #1 |
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Torque wrench on lugs is critical on the Yaris
critical, because over-tight can induce warping as I found
--- I had slapped on my winter rims with 'pretty dang tight' and no torque wrench, and all is fine and everything seemed OK. a little bit when braking, I felt a thumping...Oh no....warped rotors...no way did I overheat these things....I mean...really ???? anyhow, finally I dug out the digital torque wrench and retorqued all my bolts to 76 foot pounds. a) I found my human-gorilla torque was around 84/88/91/80 about average for all my lugs, but one front was 97 !!!! b) after retorque to specs, Yaris is smooth as butter when braking c) gorilla-tech method is always fine for my 4runner, but that thing has much bigger rotors. conclusion: you change tires on this little Yaris, torque wrench really is a requirement. 'Just freaking tight' is going to be overkill on weeny rotors |
12-12-2011, 04:10 PM | #2 |
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You have to be careful to tighen the nuts properly no matter if you use a torque wrench or not.
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12-12-2011, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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well I did do it 'properly', but overtorqued one 'cuz I didn't have a
tool to measure, other than 'gumption properly means use a torque wrench, so this statement doesn't make sense Last edited by A-Dingo-Ate-My-Baby; 12-12-2011 at 04:43 PM. |
12-13-2011, 06:33 AM | #4 |
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"Properly" as in "tightening the lugs in the correct sequence." (Not saying you did it wrong, just pointing that out.)
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