Aha! When I took a closer look at the wheel nuts, I found that they are stamped with torque range (450-500), so that takes the guess work out of it.
Retorquing the Lugnuts
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The wheels should be installed with 500ft/lbs. After 100 miles, retorque to 500ft/lbs.
It takes nothing to do. There are some companies that require you to either get it done at a tire shop, or do it yourself.
I have no issues doing it. I have my drives rotated every 6 months. You'd be surprised how many lugs are loose when doing the retorque.
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Take extra care that mating surfaces are clean and you will never have one loose.
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####, I've never seen a torque wrench in a tire shop or my shop. Did have one set of duals try to jump an overpass once about 2 days after having a shop put new tires on.
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I also can't believe I can't say a word closely resembling darn that sounds the same as a structure designed to hold water
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