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Originally Posted by theshiningnova
 I checked other forum posts with pictures showing their torque wrench before I ordered mine. Their's is marked 130Nm. Granted the post was 2 years old. Mine looks exactly the same but is marked 140Nm, felt like I wasted money buying the kit now. I hope it's not gonna do anything funny to my wheels cos I have already torqued them to 140 last night.  |
140 Nm should be fine. It's probably that BMW has upped the torque spec for the wheel bolts.
140 Nm = 103 ft/lbs
130 Nm = 96 ft/lbs
That is not a huge difference in specs. :-)