Think the manual states.....

Edit: Correction 100ft. Lbs.

 

It's 100 to 125. Pick a number and make them all that number. Mine are all set at 100. I check them a few miles after re doing them.

 

I believe it's 90-120 ft/lbs.

 

I do 100lb

 

110

 

The JK manuals are fairly consistent at 100. Interestingly enough it is higher than for a TJ (same lug nuts) but my TJ manual says 85 to 110 foot pounds. I have been using 95 on both. I'll probably change to 100 on both.

 

I know it doesn't look like much, but those tires are freshly rotated. I used 100.

 

110ftlbs


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Just confirmed in my manual (2017 JKUR) that the lugs spec is 100 ft lbs

 

I have always done 95 ft-lbs and have yet to have a wheel fall off or a stud break.

 

Just watch out for the guy that torqued Ron White's vehicle. The tire fell off. It fell the eff off. Apparently the tire guy was absent on lug nut day. Love that bit.

 

Spare mount is 40 lbs I believe.

 

LOL!
Yeah, I remeber a post a while back about a guy who couldn't understand why he kept cracking his tire carrier. Turns out he was torquing the spare to 100 lbs

 

On the spare, I just snug it up good.

 

now the $64,000 question...how accurate is your torq wrench? Be honest when was the last time it was calibrated. If a person forgets to set it back to 0-10ft/lbs before storing that messes them up. If you drop it that messes them up....Most want to be set back to 0 for storage but I have one that wants to be set at 10 ft/lbs for storage. The next question are you holding the torq wrench correctly when torqueing. I have seen many people grip and pull them improperly.

 

Agreed. Nobody calibrates them. Even at my employer that has gauge calibration our torque wrenches are sent out. Still a torque wrench that is off some is probably better than someones guess at the right tightness when it comes to lugs imo. I did watch a video somewhere on testing and calibrating your torque wrench with a luggage scale.

 

The torque recommendation varies somewhat per year. My 2013 Manual says 95 ft. Lbs. I torque my spare to 45 ft. Lbs.

 

I didnt chek my owners manual but the Haynes manual says 95 lb/ft

 

100 on the ground wheels and snug on the spare...

You guys think that 45 number for the spare is because of the stock pop metal carrier? Might pull those studs right thru if you go more?

 

Or at least cracking the mount as referenced in Post 16

 

Must be somebody I blocked...I can't see post 16....

 

A post by Bob Sanders about someone who couldn't figure out why he kept cracking his tire carrier. (He was torquing to 100 lbs).

 

I use torque bars when I do mine. Didn't know that the tire carrier was different, but haven't had a problem... yet.

 

I rechecked all the torques today. Everything checks.

 

2014 JK Service Manual says 122 lb. ft., while 2015 JK Owner's Manual has 100 lb. ft.
Wow. The heck?

 

Interesting, I just checked my 2014 FSM and 2014 Owner's Manual. Sure enough, 122 ft-lbs in the FSM and 100 ft-lbs in the Manual

But, I have found several places in the FSM that list different torque values in the specifications table versus the individual section of the instructions. Rear Sway bar bracket bolts for example; 52 ft-lbs in the table and 45 ft-lbs in the instructions.

 

Hand tight.

 

It's important not to get any lube on the lug nut where it contacts the rim. On the cone.