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Well, I'm about to torque the rear dual wheel nuts.  I was going to ask what torque since the original 85# sticker seems to be for the original factory arrangement.  

I'm going ahead with 150# plus a little dry without lube.

 

 

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On 8/30/2014 at 10:09 AM, whyverne14 said:

Sometimes you have to ask the right question. "How many people here had their wheels fall off"? I'm guessing none, so I'm not going to think about it anymore.

My Lugnuts were over torqued Broke 3lugs off going over the George Washington Bridge in New York City        on the Duelleys and the wheels fell off !  So Yes It HAPPEN !!!!!!!

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Tigger, that sounds like classic UNDERtorqued.  Over torque would just break one, and the others are undisturbed. No reason any others would react and even with several missing a wheel will remain securely on and drivable. The tipoff is the unbroken studs - indicating they loosened and came off. The broken studs are simply what happens when an unsecured wheel slams around as it departs.

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