Torque specs for trailer lug nuts

[deadwood]

My trailer is a 2009 Tracker for a Nitro Z7, and it’s a single axle. The lug nuts are standard 1/2 inch, I believe. On trucks and passenger cars I usually tighten them to around 92 foot pounds or so. Is it about the same for boat trailers? I have new tires and wheels for my trailer, and I don’t want to twist a lug bolt off. Thanks

[SoonerFan]

I asked that same question here several years ago and the popular answer was 90 to 100 ft.lbs.

[deadwood]

Thanks.

[fishnfireman]

On a good 4 way lug wrench with standard size lugs --- I stop after the first Uumph !!

[Jeff Hahn]

On a good 4 way lug wrench with standard size lugs --- I stop after the first Uumph !!

Me, too! As my great grandfather used to say, "Tighten them to a 1/4 of a turn before they snap!"

[TritonTRXV8]

My tracker trailstar trailer with the same lug pattern and size says 95 lbs/ft of torque. I have always ran them there.

[Coke]

On a good 4 way lug wrench with standard size lugs --- I stop after the first Uumph !!

That's it ... You might be on the side of the road and need to remove them

[Bob G.]

That's it ... You might be on the side of the road and need to remove them

My trailers lug nuts are torqued to 95 ft-lb, my truck lug nuts are torqued to 140 ft-lb. I keep a 4 way lug wrench and a piece of pipe in my truck, in case I didn't eat my Wheaties that day and have a flat along side the road.

[SoonerFan]

My trailers lug nuts are torqued to 95 ft-lb, my truck lug nuts are torqued to 140 ft-lb. I keep a 4 way lug wrench and a piece of pipe in my truck, in case I didn't eat my Wheaties that day and have a flat along side the road.

I keep an 18" breakover under the seat. Great for busting off lug nuts and fighting your way out of a gang war.

[fishnfireman]

Stopped to help a guy with a flat last week--He had already broke the pin out of a 1/2" brake over bar trying to remove the lugs off a utility trailer. We had to put a cheater on my HD lug wrench to brake them loose. It bent my lug

[suck my wake]

This is why they make battery powered impacts. Also have two sided sockets so two sockets can cover all my vehicles and trailers.
My trailer manufacturer recommends 100 lbs.

[Marshfly]

I keep a 24" 1/2" breaker bar under the rear seat of my truck with sockets to fit both my truck and boat lug nuts. Once you've had a 4way wrench not be enough leverage, you'll do the same. Or you can do it now. Most trucks these days want 130# or so. That's tough to break with a 4 way. I can just straight arm a breaker bar and stand up to break that super easy.

[fishnfireman]

Thanks but no thanks-- Even thou I carry an 18" 1/2 "brake over. I'll keep my HD four way and a cheater pipe if needed .. The bar length doesn't mater--the weak link is that little 1/4" pin.

[Transom]

Thanks but no thanks-- Even thou I carry an 18" 1/2 "brake over. I'll keep my HD four way and a cheater pipe if needed .. The bar length doesn't mater--the weak link is that little 1/4" pin.

I broke a weld on a 4 way. Most are. If one solid forged piece like they used to be. Most quality usa made breaker 1/2 breaker bars are good for many hundreds of pound of tourque. The sliding style has no pin.

[billnorman1]

I broke a weld on a 4 way. Most are. If one solid forged piece like they used to be. Most quality usa made breaker 1/2 breaker bars are good for many hundreds of pound of tourque. The sliding style has no pin.

I don't recall seeing 1/2 inch "solid style" breaker bars, but that doesn't mean they aren't made. I have spread more than my share and busted some pins. I did find if you install a bolt and nut in place of the pin it helps keep them from spreading, and I also have replaced the broken pin in my 3/4 inch drive breaker bar with a bolt and nut. I used to put a lot of force on them.

[deadwood]

Thanks guys. Good info here.

[Facemelter]

A nice half inch ratchet style breaker bar will save you. Along with a 3 inch extension and what the auto techs call a flip socket. The flip is a 19 and 21mm socket in one. You need the 3 inch extension to use it, which they usually come with. I have had mine since I started turning wrenches back in 99.

It covers 90 percent of the vehicles and trailer lug nuts. Baring the weird ones or the across the pond cars such as VW, BMW, Saab, or the other odd one with the 17mm lug nut heads.

90 foot pounds on aluminum trailer rims is the norm. Along with most of the vehicle lug nuts falling close to that.

[Marshfly]

A nice half inch ratchet style breaker bar will save you. Along with a 3 inch extension and what the auto techs call a flip socket. The flip is a 19 and 21mm socket in one. You need the 3 inch extension to use it, which they usually come with. I have had mine since I started turning wrenches back in 99.

It covers 90 percent of the vehicles and trailer lug nuts. Baring the weird ones or the across the pond cars such as VW, BMW, Saab, or the other odd one with the 17mm lug nut heads.

90 foot pounds on aluminum trailer rims is the norm. Along with most of the vehicle lug nuts falling close to that.

Aluminum rims on trucks require significantly more than 90#. My last truck, an F150, and my current truck, a Ram 3500 both were in the 135# range.