wheel torque - buying a torque stick?
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wheel torque - buying a torque stick?
I am a one week old 2010 xc60 owner. I try to do a lot of my own maintenance, but I'm by no means a mechanic... My dad helps me out quite a bit, and he has been a car mechanic his whole life, but is a bit "old school," I'll say. He tells me he can torque by feel, which I don't doubt he can get it pretty close... Anyways, I was considering the idea of buying a torque stick specific for my new car that would come in handy when doing any maintenance with the wheels (brakes, axles, rotors, general rotation, etc.). The manual states the lug nuts should be torqued to 103ft/lbs, or 140Nm. I believe the lug nuts are 14mm. It seems when I search online, and getting all the US stores, all torque sticks are in US measurements, and basically rounded to the ft/lbs number. It seems I can get a 90 ft/lb, 100, or 110... but not 130Nm, 140, or 150. Is the 100ft/lb torque stick what I should use?
So something like this...?
Torque Sticks, Torque Sockets and Other Discount Tools
So something like this...?
Torque Sticks, Torque Sockets and Other Discount Tools
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