Does anyone know the correct "pressure"... er,.. torque value.......... in Ft. lbs that a steel nuts on a Fuchs wheel will align properly to on a five bolt stud pattern?

Having lost a front wheel on the freeway (in 74 in a 71 with four bolt Fuchs) at full speed, I would like to get this one correct...... So, 5 bolt Fuchs, steel nuts, and a decent torue wrench at all times traveling....

Sidebar: Back in the day, in 1974 my 1.7 with four bolt Fuchs on all corners lost a wheel on the Tulsa to OKC freeway at around 75 mph. The right front wheel left the scene, passed up my right bulging eyeball which in that instant, popped out of my head to see just left the building, then, in a younger more calm state, I coasted to the shoulder w/o mashing the brakes.

At 6-4 /200 lbs, the mid engine and I never ground the front brake shield to planet earth.

I walked up the freeway to retrieve a couple of lugnuts and the wheel down the pike - mounted the wheel and limped home.........

Moral of the Sidebar: If you ever mess with your wheels in in any way shape or lugnut....PUT YOUR TORQUE WRENCH IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND DONT START THE CAR UNTIL ALL CORNERS ARE DOUBLE CHECKED.........

First off...there are different styles of lug bolts or nuts depending on the rim.

Always use the correct style for that wheel with the correct torque.

If you have "converted" your rims that were designed to take lug bolts with a seat style and replaced them with lug nuts of a different style seat then you run a risk of losing that wheel in spite of the torque on the nut or bolt.

Just saying.

I'm using open ended steel lugnuts on my aluminum Cookie Cutter wheels and i torque them to 100lbs which is above the recommended 95lbs (i think) for the aluminum lugnuts.

Exactly what I do. Steel open nuts. 90-100lbs.

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Talk to these folks Forrest.

Same.

Steele open nuts 96 ft lbs

Teener's right... yours may be correct but just in case - They need to have a 14mm radius'd ball seat (look for "R14" description). The RAD USA bolts are available as 10.9 class bolts too .

95 ft/lbs.kk

That’s what I was told