Wheel Nut Torque

[BillE]

New kid here. Picked up a new 2950RK last Monday. During the PDI I asked the service guy if the wheels had been torqued and what are the specs. He said, "Yes, About 120 lbft." So when going thru the owners manual (and all the rest of the books), it says 85-95 lbft.And to check with the manufactor. So I send off an e-mail to Keystone. Reply is, "Information is on page so and so of the owners book." Been there already.

So, my questions are: Does anyone know what the proper torque is for the 8 lug Aluminum wheels? Who are the makers?

TIA!!!

Bill

[padredw]

Welcome, Bill, and I will be interested in the answer to your question. I hope Montana/Keystone have improved since we got our 2002 2955RL, but the "documentation" that came with ours could really use some improvement.

[Montana_2230]

I torque mine to 90 lbft. Also had a pull behind travel trailer that called for 90 lbft. I always check my wheels before a trip, several times I have found nuts to be loose.

[Bill and Ann]

I read somewhere that the wheels should be torqued to 120 lbs. Never found any loose ones when I checked them. Lucky I guess.

[vickster]

Our Monty came with the new 8 lug axels (think they are dexter) and hubby has them torqued at 95 lbs.

[nkwist]

Steel wheels are usually 95 +/-, but I'm pretty sure the aluminum wheels are different. My friend (who has aluminum) says they require more attention to torque values than the steel.

Norm

[sreigle]

I can't speak to the aluminum wheels as we have the white steel ones . I torque them to 90 lb/ft.

What I wanted to post about in case you don't already know, be sure to retorque them every 50 to 100 miles until they no longer tighten. Do this when new and anytime a wheel has been removed. You'll be surprised how loose they get. On ours it seems to take about 3 retorquings until they stop loosening.

[Montana Sky]

Bill,
I have the 8 lug aluminum wheels on my 3400RL and I torque them to 95lb/ft as well. I have found that I usually have to retorque them 4 to 5 times before they are good and tight. The aluminum need an additional torque or two until they wont go anymore. I had the steel wheels on my 315RLS TT, and they do tighten up faster, but I like the look of the aluminum.

[BillE]

Thanks all for the replies. I ventured out in the rain yesterday and thought maybe I could see what and where they were. Bad mistake, some where as low as 50#ft, found one at 175#ft!!The rest seemed to be about 95-100#ft. So for right now, I'll settle in on that figure, and watch 'em like a hungry hawk.

I did crawl under to try and read the back side of the wheel, thought, maybe. Nuttin'. But did find out they were made in China.

Merry Christmas all.

Bill

[sreigle]

I used to think tighter is better but have changed my thinking on that. We fought for months and months squeaky brakes. More of a squall than a squeak. A situation came up where all four wheels were off the rig and put back on by a third party. At the first stop I retorqued them to around 120 and the brakes started squalling again. I realized they had made no noise at all before I retorqued them. So I backed them off to 90-95 per the manual and the squalling stopped. So if you start hearing brake noise, maybe you got the lug nuts too tight. Just something to keep in mind.