So its my dads birthday soon and im wondering what to get him.

He's got an impact gun running on a compressed air tank and he changes his tires for the seasons. What i didn't see him useing is a torque wrench so im going to buy one for him. I first wanted to grab him one from Snap-On but there ridiculasly expensive so im going with one from Mastercraft at canadian tire, cheaper... but hey its got a life time warranty.

Now my question is whats the average socket size for wheels cause there are two models, 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch and the 3/4 inch wrench is alot smaller than the 1/2 model.

And my second question is what the average torque you put on the wheels, i remeber from auto shop its like 30, maybe 90? I dont know i forget.

Louis

The torque specs are car specific and can be found in the manual or whatever little sticker place the manufacturer puts.

Oh Yeah, forgot...

I thnk its listed on the sticker on the door. He drives a 2000 Civic if that helps.

Lugnuts are usually torqued to 70-90 ft-lbs, depending on the car. If you are only going to use it for wheels and suspension work, a 1/2" 50-150 ft-lbs torque wrench should be fine. If you are doing rebuilds and such, a 3/8" 5-80 ft-lbs would be better. Keep in mind that a torque wrench is more accurate in the higher range.

I need a torque wrench, I freaking snapped a lugnut while tightening them on my new wheels yesterday. I have no idea wtf happened, didn't think they would break even if you over-torqued them. Whatever, half of it is still in the hud and I need a new one so a visit to the dealer is in order

my 850 was specified at 88lb/ft for lug nuts.

so i'm assuming a Honda isn't quite as bad ass

but then again the hondas probably a four bolt, the volvslo was a 5 bolt, so would they require more tension per bolt, or am i retarded?

Well... Think of it this way, your bolts whether or not there 4 or 5 lugs a wheel will need a certain amout of force to hold the wheel to the car. It its 4 lug nut you would need more force than a 5 because theres simply one less lug nut and that lug nuts force must be spread along the remaining four.

Or at least i think this is how it works.

So Mr Boost i can't tell you if yoru retarded or not