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How tight are your nuts?

Post by Punter » Sun Aug 07, 2016 9:03 am

Just bought a torque wrench. Anyone know what I set it to for 296 wheel nuts? Can't find decent info anywhere.

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Post by David-H » Sun Aug 07, 2016 10:12 am

Punter wrote:Just bought a torque wrench. Anyone know what I set it to for 296 wheel nuts? Can't find decent info anywhere.
I use 120 Nm torque for my wheel bolts, although I believe that some owners use 100 Nm.
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Post by Scooba_Steve » Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:08 am

Depends on the bolt:

M12 = 120 +/-10 Nm (E85/6)
M14 = 140 +/-10 Nm

But I don't have TIS that covers E89.
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Post by David-H » Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:26 am

Scooba_Steve wrote:Depends on the bolt:

M12 = 120 +/-10 Nm (E85/6)
M14 = 140 +/-10 Nm

But I don't have TIS that covers E89.
He asked about an E89 which are M12, hence my posting of 120Nm :wink:
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How tight are your nuts?

Post by Punter » Sun Aug 07, 2016 11:46 am

DLH wrote:
Scooba_Steve wrote:Depends on the bolt:

M12 = 120 +/-10 Nm (E85/6)
M14 = 140 +/-10 Nm

But I don't have TIS that covers E89.
He asked about an E89 which are M12, hence my posting of 120Nm :wink:
Brilliant, thanks.
I will refer to them as bolts from now on - just wasn't as funny in the title :D

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Post by Scooba_Steve » Sun Aug 07, 2016 12:07 pm

DLH wrote:
Scooba_Steve wrote:Depends on the bolt:

M12 = 120 +/-10 Nm (E85/6)
M14 = 140 +/-10 Nm

But I don't have TIS that covers E89.
He asked about an E89 which are M12, hence my posting of 120Nm :wink:
No source and 'I just use' makes it sound like an opinion though :)
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Post by robertd33 » Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:36 am

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Post by KERMIT1970 » Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:52 am

120nm is what BMW dealers use. I asked them a few years ago. :thumbsup:
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