Taught my daughter and son how to change to winters, but I've always relied upon the tire shop to retorque. Not any more! Early Christmas present to me (courtesy Princess Auto - like Northern Tool or Harbor Fright in the US). Picked this up today for $39CAD

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...4138_200624138

I have some very, very good low torque wrenches for racing bicycles but this has a great range. Hopefully it lasts.

 

Gotta, say,,,, that a pretty slick tool right there....
Might have to get one of those. I just tighten them down when I change'm out.

 

what is the spec for the OS lugnuts, anyway? havent needed to take the wheels off yet.

Evo is ~ 90 ft-lbs if i remember right, the G37 is what seems like a very low 80 ft-lbs.

 

65-80 ft lbs actually. My Pathfinder is only 85 for comparison.

 

i always check the lugnuts after a car visits the shop and they may have needed to take off the wheels - several times i had to crack the lugs off with a breaker bar and re-torque. dumb ****s like to use those air guns with 100's of ft-lbs of torque ....

 

As per service manual:

 

True that! Or they forget to torque them at all. Like on my son's Subaru - some were likely on at 150 ft lbs and some at 15. WTH? Like Ronald Reagan used to say "Trust - but verify".

 

Yup - 65-80 ft lbs (even being a Metric kinda guy, I still use foot lbs. Old habits...)