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Originally Posted by Daryles
I believe what Carl is referring to is in the Keystone Montana Owners Manual Page 24.
See for details. You can download it from Keystone.
https://www.keystonerv.com/owners-manuals
You torque the lug nuts in sequence (star pattern) and to a sequentially higher torque level for each stage.
Wheel lug torque:
** 1/2" STUD is 110-120 ft/lbs. MINE
9/16" STUD is 140-150 ft/lbs
NOTE: The NUT on the 1/2" STUD takes a 3/4" socket!!!
I noticed my lug nuts are stenciled.
As for the knuckle dragging gorilla over torquing the lug nuts, long time ago I had my tires balanced and rotated. Sometime after that I got a flat. When I went to remove the tire I broke 3 studs off. They had been over torqued.
The last two times I balanced my trailer tires, I used the hydraulic system levelers to raise the whole thing up. Block the frame, then pulled the tires and took them to the shop to get them balanced. |
I don't deal with tire shops anymore then I have to . They never get to see my fifth wheel ,just the tires ,and wheels . My truck , I usually buy from the same place ,they do get to mount ,and balance my new tires , with me standing over them . As far as rotating they never see the truck again ,I do the rotation .
An interesting thing I got told years ago, when I did take my truck into the shop for tire rotation ,and balance . The guy asked me , do your tires NEED balancing again ,and I said I assumed they were supposed to be. He said does it feel like a tire is out of balance ,and I said no everything seems fine . He said then leave them alone , we will just rotate . I can't remember the last time I have had a set tires rebalanced after the initial install. Just rotated .