not at all

 

when martidamm used to own a mustang:

 

LOL, !! I would never own a mustang tough, only European cars, my wife is the muscle car enthusiast, camaro SS conv, yellow w/black stripes, I guess she liked transformers a bit too much!

 

ps i now us a torque wrench on my lugs and no grease. lol

 

Or my garage. Guessing at torques is amateur hour and asking for trouble.

 

Use a Brown torque wrench every time I swap my wheels.

 

Tough lesson but could have been way worse. Kudos for the reminder.

 

Wow glad it wasn't any worst

 

worse.

 

One of our brothers here at the forum mentioned torque for the wheel bolts was incrrease in the sports cars to around 116 or 118, please verify, ft lbs.

 

2011 C4S
My manual says 90lbs.

 

Conflicting info - I always thought 96 ft lbs. From the 2010 owner's manual:

Tightening torque
96 ftlb./130 Nm

 

I Googled and found this on the internet - from Loren at Renntech (usually a very reliable source):

From the service manual (2012 version)...
Silver wheel bolts (up to model year 2011) = 96 ftlb. or 118 ftlb. also permitted retroactively.
Silver wheel bolts (as of model year 2012) = 118 ftlb.)
Black wheel bolts = 118 ftlb.

 

reminded me of a story with my dad taking the entire extended family to niagara falls in his chevy astro back in the day.

by fluke noticed his tire looking 'off' right b4 he was to leave to pick up the family.... lugs were loose. he said it was probably the luckiest day of his life.

going to check my lugs now.

 

Here's my story regarding forgetting to tighten lug nuts. Last year I was bleeding the brakes on my 2003 Acura MDX and forgot to torque the bolts on the front driver's side wheel. the next morning while driving to the airport I started to get a wobble and loud noise as I was approaching the parking deck and it was particularly noticeable as I rounded the spiral turns to go up the deck. I didn't have time to check it out as I was running late for my flight. While on my trip I searched loud noise coming from the front wheel and I diagnosed the problem as a front CV axle needing replacement. So I called my indy and made an appointment and he ordered the part. After getting back to my car I checked my wheel and noticed that the lug nuts could be removed by hand. I pulled out the lug wrench and tightened the bolts and the noise went away. I was to embarrassed to tell my wife and felt bad that my indy had ordered the part so I kept my appointment and paid the $230 to have the axle replaced. I consider it a cheap lesson, now I double check everytime I do anything with the wheels.