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emu88
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:15 am Post subject: Sprint star torque |
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I have a set of Ssp sprint stars, but what torque should i use on the nuts?
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:40 am Post subject: |
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Very tight with a 1/2" breaker bar. You will probably need a cheater pipe for the 1/2" breaker bar to get them off.
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911pickup
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Why wouldn't you use the factory lug nut torque number for your stock wheel/lug nuts? |
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emu88
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Why wouldn't you use the factory lug nut torque number for your stock wheel/lug nuts? |
because they are Sprint stars? I read somewhere that every kind of rim and nut set vary and they should be to manufacturers spec. I can't find anything on how tight the lug nuts should be on ssp sprint stars
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ALB
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What 911pickup is getting at is they are steel wheels (like the factory wheels) and use factory style lug nuts, so tight like factory will do it. I ran 4 bolt Sprint Stars on my street car for 6? years and it worked.
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emu88
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| ALB wrote: |
| What 911pickup is getting at is they are steel wheels (like the factory wheels) and use factory style lug nuts, so tight like factory will do it. I ran 4 bolt Sprint Stars on my street car for 6? years and it worked. |
Oh right. The nuts that came with the wheels are longer than the stock ones though.
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Mike Fisher
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Longer lug bolts/nuts don't make any difference in torque needed.
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Typ3nut
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EMPI Sprint Stars are Steel Wheels and use stock bolts and tighten to stock torque.
SSP Sprint Stars are the Aluminum Repop's and I contacted aircooled.net, who sells them and they recommend between 85lbs & 103lbs. Do not go higher or you will over tighten and stretch bolt or ruin taper. |
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emu88
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| Typ3nut wrote: |
EMPI Sprint Stars are Steel Wheels and use stock bolts and tighten to stock torque.
SSP Sprint Stars are the Aluminum Repop's and I contacted aircooled.net, who sells them and they recommend between 85lbs & 103lbs. Do not go higher or you will over tighten and stretch bolt or ruin taper. |
Thanks! Hmm so aluminium... are they worse than steel?
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