Almost every car owner has to remove and replace a wheel at some point. How tight should lug nuts be, and how do you check the torque?

Two-piece 33 mm flange nuts used with hub-piloted wheels should be tightened to a torque of 450 to 500 foot-pounds. Other nut designs have different torque requirements.

A torque wrench is an extremely important tightening tool that you definitely don’t want to skimp on, especially if you’re using it to tighten your car’s lug nuts, or other fasteners ...

10 Torque Tools for Nuts and Bolts Essentially, tools help put something together or take it apart. Nails call for a claw hammer. Screws, a screwdriver.