Torque Specs???

JCPhoto · 01-16-2017, 03:03 PM

So after flipping through my manual and looking on here and google I could not find a torque spec reference sheet. Looking for something that lists oil drain bolt, wheels etc. Thank you in advance and sorry if I missed it here!

00 Trans Ram · 01-16-2017, 03:32 PM

Just do what the local tire replacement shops do.

Find the biggest, strongest guy in the shop. Then give him a 6-foot-long breaker bar, and tell him to tighten the lug nuts as much as possible.

If you don't have a guy like that around, just weld the lug nuts on the bolts. It'll take around the same effort to remove.

2015 1LE SS · 01-16-2017, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 00 Trans Ram

Just do what the local tire replacement shops do.

Find the biggest, strongest guy in the shop. Then give him a 6-foot-long breaker bar, and tell him to tighten the lug nuts as much as possible.

If you don't have a guy like that around, just weld the lug nuts on the bolts. It'll take around the same effort to remove.

My boss just gave me a weird look as i broke out in laughter at my desk over that one. Hahaha.

I'll ask the shop and see if i can get back to you on that one.

2015 1LE SS · 01-16-2017, 03:39 PM

Service adviser here at my dealership says 100ft/lbs. for the wheels, the oil drain bolt is just snug, no real specs for it.

JeromeS13 · 01-16-2017, 03:41 PM

Lug nuts are 140 lb/ft (pg 352). Not sure about oil drain plug.

SS 1LE · 01-16-2017, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JeromeS13

Lug nuts are 140 lb/ft (pg 352). Not sure about oil drain plug.

Wow, 140 ft lbs for the lug nuts?

JeromeS13 · 01-16-2017, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by SS 1LE

Wow, 140 ft lbs for the lug nuts?

Per the owner's manual, yes. I also verified that mine were torqued to that from the factory.

TenSeven · 01-17-2017, 01:08 AM

Yep, the wheel lugs get 140 pounds, fun fun fun...

An aside: if you haven't checked the torque on your factory wheels lug nuts, do it. I had 650 miles on my factory wheels when I jacked up the car to install my MRR wheels. The factory lug nuts came of VERY easily on 2 of the 4 wheels. If I had to guess, I'd estimate that they had 60-65 pounds of torque on them.

camaromike77 · 01-17-2017, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JeromeS13

Per the owner's manual, yes. I also verified that mine were torqued to that from the factory.

Yes. I know it is high, but 140 is the correct spec.. I also confirmed it prior to buying a torque limiter stick for my air tool.

JCPhoto · 01-17-2017, 12:12 PM

Thanks for the reply's guys! Guess i'll just wing it on the other stuff. Hoping to find something like camaro 5 where they have everything listed out. I'm just OCD so I want everything as close to perfect as I can get lol.

JeromeS13 · 01-17-2017, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JCPhoto

Thanks for the reply's guys! Guess i'll just wing it on the other stuff. Hoping to find something like camaro 5 where they have everything listed out. I'm just OCD so I want everything as close to perfect as I can get lol.

More information will come out once Helm releases the service manual. It's been pushed back numerous times, and was supposed to be released recently...

RenegadeXR · 01-18-2017, 10:05 AM

It's 140 ft-lbs on the 5th gen too, FWIW. Any semi well-seasoned worker at an auto shop won't bat an eye at this because if you've worked on modern cars, you know that many newer vehicles have a lug nut torque spec that was once reserved only for trucks. I definitely think it's overkill, but I think that's the desired outcome -- to ensure there's no way they come loose on their own. I had one shop torque mine to only about 90 and they eventually got a little looser until I tightened them myself correctly. That shop was a Pep Boys (yeah, don't ask. I was in a pinch and had a pre-balanced pre-mounted tire/wheel that just needed to go on, figured it was simple enough.)

bdougwrx · 01-19-2017, 07:47 AM

Weird, the online manual from www.mychevrolet.com says 110 lb ft.

SS 1LE · 01-19-2017, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bdougwrx

Weird, the online manual from www.mychevrolet.com says 110 lb ft.

Humm, so what is it, 110 or 140?

01-16-2017, 03:03 PM	#1
JCPhoto Drives: 2017 SS 1LE Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Land O Lakes, FL Posts: 18	Torque Specs??? So after flipping through my manual and looking on here and google I could not find a torque spec reference sheet. Looking for something that lists oil drain bolt, wheels etc. Thank you in advance and sorry if I missed it here! __________________ '17 SS 1LE Summit White 6M Stainless Works Cat Back, Roto Fab Intake, Catch Can

01-17-2017, 12:12 PM	#10
JCPhoto Drives: 2017 SS 1LE Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Land O Lakes, FL Posts: 18	Thanks for the reply's guys! Guess i'll just wing it on the other stuff. Hoping to find something like camaro 5 where they have everything listed out. I'm just OCD so I want everything as close to perfect as I can get lol. __________________ '17 SS 1LE Summit White 6M Stainless Works Cat Back, Roto Fab Intake, Catch Can

01-16-2017, 03:32 PM	#2
00 Trans Ram Drives: 2017 2SS Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: United States Posts: 636	Just do what the local tire replacement shops do. Find the biggest, strongest guy in the shop. Then give him a 6-foot-long breaker bar, and tell him to tighten the lug nuts as much as possible. If you don't have a guy like that around, just weld the lug nuts on the bolts. It'll take around the same effort to remove.

01-16-2017, 03:39 PM	#4
2015 1LE SS Drives: 2017 2SS Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Kelowna BC Canadialand Posts: 48	Service adviser here at my dealership says 100ft/lbs. for the wheels, the oil drain bolt is just snug, no real specs for it.

01-16-2017, 03:41 PM	#5
JeromeS13 Drives: 2017 1SS/1LE Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: FL Panhandle Posts: 1,559	Lug nuts are 140 lb/ft (pg 352). Not sure about oil drain plug.

01-17-2017, 01:08 AM	#8
TenSeven Drives: 2016 Camaro SS Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 299 View My Garage	Yep, the wheel lugs get 140 pounds, fun fun fun... An aside: if you haven't checked the torque on your factory wheels lug nuts, do it. I had 650 miles on my factory wheels when I jacked up the car to install my MRR wheels. The factory lug nuts came of VERY easily on 2 of the 4 wheels. If I had to guess, I'd estimate that they had 60-65 pounds of torque on them.

01-18-2017, 10:05 AM	#12
RenegadeXR Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,849	It's 140 ft-lbs on the 5th gen too, FWIW. Any semi well-seasoned worker at an auto shop won't bat an eye at this because if you've worked on modern cars, you know that many newer vehicles have a lug nut torque spec that was once reserved only for trucks. I definitely think it's overkill, but I think that's the desired outcome -- to ensure there's no way they come loose on their own. I had one shop torque mine to only about 90 and they eventually got a little looser until I tightened them myself correctly. That shop was a Pep Boys (yeah, don't ask. I was in a pinch and had a pre-balanced pre-mounted tire/wheel that just needed to go on, figured it was simple enough.)

01-19-2017, 07:47 AM	#13
bdougwrx Drives: 16 Hyper Blue RS V6 A8, 09 Civic EX Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 109	Weird, the online manual from www.mychevrolet.com says 110 lb ft.

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