Lug Nut Torque Chrysler 300 T

I am trying to obtain the lug nut torque for a 300T with aluminum rims.
Dealer was of no help. Wrote to Chrysler and still waiting for a reply.

 

100 ft pounds,135 nm Dont use oil or grease on the studs or wheel mounting
nuts. The same torgue on steel wheels

 

80ft/lbs is a very common torque for wheels.

 

To answer your question, the correct torque for the 300T wheels is 160
N·m (118 ft-lbs) for both steel or aluminum.

Ignore all the above incorrect advice to grease the threads. Yes - in
industry and automotive, unless otherwise stated, bolt torques are
assumed to be with the threads lightly lubricated. However - one
exception to this is wheel lug nuts. If you apply the specified unlubed
torque to a lubed fastener, you are over-torqueing it
(tensioning/clamping force is greatly increased and may do damage).

Every FSM I've ever owned (including my '99 LH vehicle FSM) has said
*not* to apply lubricant to the lug nuts.

If you want to put anti-seize on, that would probably be Ok (though the
manufacturers would probably say not to), because, in general, surfaces
with anti-seize on it have pretty close to the same friction properties
as the same surfaces dry (varies by manufacturer and type of anti-seize,
but generally speaking it is close to dry parts compared to lubed parts).

Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

 

Just curious Bill where did you get those specs? Im showing 110 ft punds in
one shop manual, 100 ft pds in another manual.

NOTE: Always use the original (OEM) style wheel mounting (lug) nuts. Do
not use replacement parts of lesser quality or substitute design.

Loosely install all five wheel mounting (lug) nuts (3).

Lightly snug all wheel mounting nuts, then progressively tighten them in
proper sequence shown. Tighten nuts to 150 N·m (110 ft. lbs.).

 

See http://www.dodgemagnum.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=244

Check out the next to last post in that thread - posted by "YB Normyl".
I actually found that site and that thread with a Google search, but I
happen to be familiar with that poster. He works in the LX plant in
Canada, and also is a known entity on the www.dodgeintrepid.net forums.
Therefore I believe the information is credible, and so posted it.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
adddress with the letter 'x')

 

What is the torque value for 2003 Grand Caravan?
Tx

 

100 ft pounds