Rim Torque

Did a search and could not find anything so here goes. What is the manufacturer's torque specs when re-installing factory rims (ie-tire change or rotation)?
I have a Dewalt 125 ft lbs cordless/brushless impact driver and cannot break the lugs with it. Is the Dewalt too small, or is my dealership just jamming the nuts onto the truck after rotations?? I used a friends impact driver to change a tire for someone recently and his worked just fine.

 

99% sure, Aluminum wheels are torqued to 97 and steel wheels are torqued to 154. This is for factory wheels on 2ND and 3rd gen Tundras.

 

On the second generation and 2.5 I think you’re dead nuts on the specs. At least on the aluminum I’m sure of it. Funny on my first generation sequoia the aluminum rims are 86 foot pounds?

OP most likely they put them on with an impact. Your best bet is to do everything by hand. The threads will last longer. I break mine loose with a breaker bar and spin them off slowly with my quarter drive impact.

 

Was just watching this happen. Tighten everything up with impact. Pull out torque wrench, set to spec on work order, click click done.

All they did was check min torque was met.

Actual torque applied could be well above.

Proper way is to use a torque wrench and work up to final setting.

Good luck finding anyone to do that.

 

Yup, 97 for sure with alloy wheels.

Which will take an impact rated at over 200 ft-lbs to reliably remove them. Break-away torque is much higher.

And that’s ignoring the very strong possibility that some monkey needing his timing advanced hammered them way too tight to begin with.

6 lug first gen wheels use 12mm studs, while 2nd / 2.5 /3rd gen whatever you wanna call ‘em with 5 lug wheels use 14mm studs.

 

Are you using 1/4in. impact or 1/2in.? No problems with my dewalt and milwaukee 1/2in. cordless. The 1/4in. doesn’t produce enough torque on impact.

 

It is the smaller model with a "hex" drive. I didn't think it would take them off.

 

Lug nuts are engineered so that it takes more torque to loosen them than it takes to install. That is the purpose of the taper on conventional lug nuts. The sleeve and integrated lock washer serves the same purpose on the OEM tundra lugs.