Wheel torque specs?

Anyone know the torque specs for the TRD aluminum wheels? The owners manual says 154 ft/lb but I think thats for the steel spare tire. I think the aluminum wheels are 97 ft/lb but really cant find anything in any of the forums.

 

That's correct. 97 ft-lb for Aluminum wheels and 154 for steelies.

 

Thank you sir!

 

I've got 95# written down in the shop so the 97# should be it as they give a range of about 5# or so.

 

I initially thought the torque was 154# ofor my Tundra and used that for years to set my torque wrench. A guy at the dealership set me straight. Meh, since the techs use air wrenches to tighten the lug nuts I don't think I did much harm compared to what they would have. I tried to loosen a lug nut on my wife's Highlander they had tightened and I couldn't do it by jumping up and down on a 2' breaker bar. I took it back and had them redo it with my torque wrench set to her specs. At least we can change a tire on the side of the Interstate while 16 wheelers zip by.

 

97lbs is correct. I set my wrench to 100 and call it close enough. When I swapped over to my PRO wheels, I had a hard time taking loosening the lugs the dealer installed when they installed my new steering rack. Ended up using a Milwaukee Impact gun to get them loose.

 

Switching from stock steel wheels to 20inch fuel darkstar cast aluminum wheels. Should I still stay at 97ft lbs for lug nut torque?

 

Unless your Fuel wheels use the washered Toyota alloy lug nuts like this

then the 97ft lb spec will be too low. Washered lug nuts have far less friction then tapered seat lug nuts to get the same amount of elastic stretch on the studs.

I’m not saying that you should go as high as 154ft-lbs on aftermarket alloys with tapered seat nuts either, just pointing out that Toyota’s specs are for their products and why there’s a difference when the wheel studs themselves are the same.

 

So what are ya saying then? I did 97 before I saw this but didn't drive it yet

 

you'll be fine on 97 for the time being; theres a BIG offroad shop where I live and they torque to factory spec on aftermarket wheels

I would suggest you check your torque every couple months or so; it also wouldn't hurt to call Fuel on monday and see if they can offer you a torque spec

 

I’ve been torquing my fuel wheels with the proper acorn style lugs to 98 lbs for 6 years and over 100k miles. Zero issues.

 

Sounds like sound advice lol I appreciate your help. Thanks again