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How much torque is required to remove lug nuts

You need a lot of toque to remove old rusted lug nuts You’ll need just about 150-ft/lbs of torque to remove lug nuts that you’ve just installed. But you’ll need 800-ft/lbs or more later on when those same lug nuts are rusted in place. The amount of torque needed to remove lug nuts largely depends on how much torque was applied when the nuts were last installed. It the nuts were over tightened, you’ll obviously need more torque to remove them. In addition, rusted lug nuts and rusted wheel studs … Read More