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      04-09-2012, 11:50 AM   #15
robertm
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Originally Posted by theshiningnova View Post
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.

103 ft/lbs is pretty far out of spec. The top of the tolerance range is 96 ft/lbs. Nothing is going to happen to your wheels but you will eventually fatigue the bolts to the point they will prematurely fail. I would losen and retighten to within spec.
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