OK, so I see Tesla officially says 129 foot-pounds for all of their wheel lug-nuts.
And in all my years of working on cars, lug torque has been around 80 pounds. Mid-80's max. And a friend just took delivery of a Model 3, went to change the wheels and was not only shocked to see the Tesla spec so high, but also found that the nuts that came on the wheels from the factory were torqued *below* 80 foot-pounds.
Has anybody else checked the torque of their wheel lug-nuts as delivered? Has anybody had any issues with going all the way to Tesla's spec (which frankly scares me)? What is magical about a Tesla that needs such high torque?
And in all my years of working on cars, lug torque has been around 80 pounds. Mid-80's max. And a friend just took delivery of a Model 3, went to change the wheels and was not only shocked to see the Tesla spec so high, but also found that the nuts that came on the wheels from the factory were torqued *below* 80 foot-pounds.
Has anybody else checked the torque of their wheel lug-nuts as delivered? Has anybody had any issues with going all the way to Tesla's spec (which frankly scares me)? What is magical about a Tesla that needs such high torque?