rockclimber

Ok I have seen this numerous times on here. What is the proper torque for lug nuts on a 2004 4wd tacoma?

I'm FINALLY going to do my front brakes. I have searched every brake thread and tire thread looking for the spec. I have found the torque spec for every other nut and bolt on the damn truck in the FSM. But i can't find the spec for the lug nuts. If i recall it was 83 ft/lbs but i don't want to guess....

It will be so nice to have new rotors that aren't warped and new pads. $$$ has been tight so i have been putting up with the brakes for way too long.

Hopefully by the time i get the rotors and pads changed out someone will have chimed in. And where is this info.....maybe i'm just in too much of a hurry and am not seeing it?

thanks
RC

kmcaprice14

just torque the crap out of it... that usually works for me

Texas_Ace

But that can also warp stuff and cause the lugs to seize.

The proper tourqe is about 92ft/lb.

Bighead

Rock...the torque value you want is 83 ft/lbs. I got it from here or look at page SA-34 in your FSM.

rockclimber

Thanks for the replies everyone. I didn't want to over torque as i know that can cause warping.

But unfortunately all is for not. Auto parts warehouse sent me the wrong brembo rotors. 5 holes for studs as opposed to the 6 on my truck. The rotors are significantly smaller also.

I checked their website again and it lists two brembo rotors as fitting my truck. I ordered the slightly less expensive ones....i'm wondering if they are for a 2wd instead of 4wd. Their website doesn't specify.

Does anyone know the correct part number for brembo rotors for a 2004 toyota tacoma 4wd with 3.4L?

On the upside i spoke to customer service and they are going to pay to ship them back. He checked the website and sure enough it said that the part they shipped would fit my truck......?

Oh well back to my warped damned rotors for another week or so....
RC

twitchee2

anywhere in-between 80-90ish you will be just fine.

kmcaprice14

Old wives tale. I probably have gone through more sets of wheels and tires than most anyone on this forum (for the cars I've had) and I've always just torqued those badboys down as much as I could without extending the lug wrench. I have NEVER had a problem (on track cars or otherwise), and even have a hard time imagining exactly how a man could apply torque to the level that could cause warping (assuming the wheels are hubcentric). I take my time with plenty of stuff, but the day I take a torque wrench to my wheels is the day I go to the therapist and get some meds for OCD.

I'm half kidding here, it just doesn't seem like a big deal to me as long as you torque them enough. But to each his own, why you are at it, you better torque your license plate to spec!

Texas_Ace

And that is the case i have done for year on my cars as well. But when I was having warping issues on one of my cars all the time i then tried tourqing the lugs and never had to get rotors again (this is after 3 sets).

So i can safely say that i was warping the rotors. since then i use a tourqe wrench whenever i have it nearby, the rest of the time i know about how much force it is and go to that.


But the biggest reason i tourqe them is that once back when i used to just tighten them as hard as i could. My mom was driving the car once and got a flat. no matter what she did could not get the lugs off. Eventually we found out about it (this is after here being stuck there for over an hour). Even when i got there i could not get them off, i had to use a big cheater bar to get them off. The wheel had been on the car for a long time and they had seized.

Since then i always tourqe them to make sure that the lugs can be removed on the side of the road by a lady should it need to be.

kmcaprice14

fair enough, torque away

deines97runnah

In any case i check/re-torque mine after 25-40 miles.

91Toyota

I just tighten them down...never had a problem either.

Fasterthanthedevil

I agree, 80-90 has always worked for me...just remember to torque the lug at 12 then 6 then 9 then 3 and so on... in order to torque evenly

BigBallsMcFalls

all nuts on a single wheel should match in torque. for hot and cold and also hitting obstacles, the wheel is under the best load distribution when set correctly

that is why a torque wrench is important

dirtoyboy

The main reason why torque is important for the lugs is because if you over torque them the studs will stretch and weaken over time...breaking off...seen it happen....

you usually see this with the people that use impacts to tighten them down

NHS

Here is a handy website for wheel torque http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...heelTorque.jsp