Aftermarket Aluminum Rim Torque?

[winmag4582001]

So, all my life I've done 110lbs torque on aluminum and 140lbs torque on steel.

I usually don't let people make me question myself, but, a guy insisted that the aftermarket aluminum rims on my E350 van should be at 165lbs. Which sounds astronomically high considering we didn't even torque the rims on a 1586 International that tight on the farm.

What are you torqueing your aftermarket aluminum to?

My rims don't have steel inserts in the aluminum....

[shenrie]

I've done 150 on 2 different sets of aluminum wheels since late 2012 when we got van. No isdues as of yet. None have even loosened a little bit that I could tell. Spec is listed as 165 iirc.

[1der]

I am at 145. I first torque to 120, then finish to 145.

Held up over fine for all the Baja abuse I gave them.

[carringb]

Torque is based on stud size, not wheel material, unless you have an alloy wheel with a special lugnut, like Eagle uses.

Can can tell you with certainty my lugnuts won't stay on at only 110 ft-lbs.

[ShuttlePilot]

My studs are so rusty that it acts as natural lock tight and the wheel nuts would not back off even if only hand tight.

I tighten them up to the point I can get them off with the star wrench that's in the van, in traffic, at midnight, in the rain.

Which is about 140ft/lbs even though it calls for 165.

-Eric

[MSD]

I torque mine to 150, it's pretty much been the case at all tire shops I have used. But since I've put new wheels on, I do my own torque if I have anyone touch my wheels. I ended up having Les Schwab over torque and crack two of my rims and imbed lug nuts into all 4 of my former Weld wheels. In the end they had to buy me 5 new rims, but I still won't let them touch my van after that...

[NEIA Nomad]

When I did wheel repair the company policy was 100 on cars, and 125 on trucks for alloy.