I had to work on the brakes on my gooseneck has the older Dexter axles 10,000 pounds but it’s kind of a new trailer to me so not an expert on it yet and I looked up the torque for my 5/8 cone shaped like nuts on a steel rim for Duel-lies but says 190-210 ft lbs. tha t a lot But I don’t have a torque wrench that goes that high. I just used a cheater bar on my three-quarter inch drive ratchet handle and I got them pretty tight but I have to be put in close to 200 pounds on them
10k axles how to torque lug nuts to 200 ft lbs
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Head to a tire shop many will retorque for a small fee or free if you’re a customer..
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130 to 170 ft/lbs for a 10k axle, check and retorque at 25 and 50 miles.
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You can get an inexpensive torque wrench at Harbor Freight.
Don't mess around with taking a guess on how tight or loose your lugs are. Get yourself a $50 torque wrench and don't worry about your wheels falling off.Bean Jr., omardten, 77fib77 and 1 other person Thank this. -
I haven’t seen a tire shop use a torque wrench in foreverBean Jr., ProfessionalNoticer, RefMata and 2 others Thank this. -
ProfessionalNoticer, Magoo1968 and omardten Thank this.
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Only jerks do final torque with impact gun .. here in Canada many provinces will go after shop in a wheel off situation if shop just installed wheels and it’s under 60 miles after that it’s up to driver to retorque wheels.
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I got this on Amazon. This one is a 3/4 drive that will do up to 750 ft-lb if memory serves. They make all sizes. This one was about $100. You set the target torque first. Then as you start getting close, it starts chirping then goes to a solid tone when you hit the setting. Handy if you're stupid like me and set up the tool facing the wrong way, or you're working in the dark.
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wow, the axle manufacturer says in their little maintaince manual - 130 to 170 ft/lbs for a 10k axle, check and retorque at 25 and 50 miles.
Not 200 ft/lbs.
That said, I seem to think it is better to torque them down a lot more than 170.Bean Jr. and RedForeman Thank this.
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