Wheel Maintenance
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Wheel Maintenance
Can someone please tell me the torque specification for the wheel nut on a 1999 f-150?
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Stuck in Chesapeake without a repair manual on Sunday night!
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Stuck in Chesapeake without a repair manual on Sunday night!
Last edited by rghendy4; Jan 28, 2007 at 07:55 PM.
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I always shoot for about 85-95. But if you just tighten them real tight you'll be alright. Check them in a couple of days to be sure they are holding. Hey, Don't snap them off !! By the way, if you have an owners manual it should be in there.
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Hi and welcome to the forum 
If the nuts take a 19mm socket they get torqued to 100 ft.lb.
If they take a 21mm socket they get torqued to 150 ft.lb.
The owner's manual will have the torque specs too. If you don't have one you can download it from www.motorcraft.com
If the nuts take a 19mm socket they get torqued to 100 ft.lb.
If they take a 21mm socket they get torqued to 150 ft.lb.
The owner's manual will have the torque specs too. If you don't have one you can download it from www.motorcraft.com
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Lug Nuts or Wheel Nuts
It sounds like these are the torque specifications for the lug nuts.
I need the spec for the wheel nut.....the nut that holds bearings and the rotor in place. I replaced the front end bearing because of slight lateral wobbling of the front end most notable at slow speeds. The wobbling remains only less so , so I thinks I don't have thos e nuts on the spindles tight enough. What do you think?
THANKS to those who responded.
I need the spec for the wheel nut.....the nut that holds bearings and the rotor in place. I replaced the front end bearing because of slight lateral wobbling of the front end most notable at slow speeds. The wobbling remains only less so , so I thinks I don't have thos e nuts on the spindles tight enough. What do you think?
THANKS to those who responded.
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1997-03 F150 Pickup 2WD
Tighten hub nut to 30 ft-lbs/40 Nm while turning
wheel. Back off 2 turns. While rotating brake disc,
tighten to 17-24 ft-lbs/22-34 Nm. Loosen nut
175°. tighten nut to 17 in-lbs/2 Nm.
Check this link below to be sure that I am correct in this application. Also, Please, Understand that I can't be responsible for the provided information. But it was the best I could find. Be sure to hand pack your bearings. The information...It's really confusing to me as I personally tighten the nut down to about 70#'s and back it off to the first place I could get a cotter key in. But then, that's me. I don't mind being responsible for what I do personally to my vehicles. Joe
http://vsmus-origin.skf.com/Files/Br...PDF/457377.pdf
Tighten hub nut to 30 ft-lbs/40 Nm while turning
wheel. Back off 2 turns. While rotating brake disc,
tighten to 17-24 ft-lbs/22-34 Nm. Loosen nut
175°. tighten nut to 17 in-lbs/2 Nm.
Check this link below to be sure that I am correct in this application. Also, Please, Understand that I can't be responsible for the provided information. But it was the best I could find. Be sure to hand pack your bearings. The information...It's really confusing to me as I personally tighten the nut down to about 70#'s and back it off to the first place I could get a cotter key in. But then, that's me. I don't mind being responsible for what I do personally to my vehicles. Joe
http://vsmus-origin.skf.com/Files/Br...PDF/457377.pdf
