Thread: What Impact socket for D4 wheel nuts?

My tyre fitter uses a 22mm deep impact socket, gives me the rattle gun on the lightest setting, and I spin the nuts on, then take my 50-250NM Norbar torque wrench and do them up to 140NM. This is in a non LR dealership workshop, he tells his boss that he has a long standing ultra pedantic customer who won't take his vehicle anywhere else or let anyone else work on it, even though he has tried to get rid of me, lol. I tend to go in very early in the morning before the "official" start to the day...

What is LR spec for the D4 wheel nuts, is it 140nm ? thanks.

Originally Posted by Kandy

What is LR spec for the D4 wheel nuts, is it 140nm ? thanks.

Yes.

See attached from the workshop manual (wheel nuts at bottom of table).

I had just this problem with my Deafener, nuts done up so tight I bent the original wrench trying to undo them. Went back to the tyre place and showed them the damaged nuts caused by the so called "fitter" just racing around the nuts not even letting the thing stop before trying to jam it on resulting in several being ruined.
Shop bought replacement nuts and the fitter went looking for another job. His attitude was "it's only an ****** Land Rover".... and it's not the only place I've met that attitude.
Now I've got a sliding 3/4" bar plus a deep rattle gun socket for anything a bit tight but where I go for tyres now always use a torque wrench to tighten them.
But saying that, I took my spare wheel cover off after a trip and found just 2 nuts holding the wheel on! I complained and they tidied the thread up and replaced the missing nut. The "fitter" had not bothered telling anyone he'd crossed the thread somehow and just left the nut off.
I don't know if he works for them now.
AlanH.

I'm lucky - the place I go to for tyres in Boulder is only a very small business - basically a one man band, and his wife goes in to help out with paperwork / cleaning etc.

The owner IS the tyre fitter. Knows his stuff, doesn't mind me being in the workshop or even helping out when he's working on my car, and does everything as it should be done. With the type of service that he provides, I'm not interested in looking at any of the bigger places, even if I could possibly save a couple of dollars.

Originally Posted by BMKal

I'm lucky - the place I go to for tyres in Boulder is only a very small business - basically a one man band, and his wife goes in to help out with paperwork / cleaning etc.

The owner IS the tyre fitter. Knows his stuff, doesn't mind me being in the workshop or even helping out when he's working on my car, and does everything as it should be done. With the type of service that he provides, I'm not interested in looking at any of the bigger places, even if I could possibly save a couple of dollars.

You can't put a price on that sort of service. Definitely worth the dollars.

Martin

When it comes to my vehicle - I - am the tyre fitter!

I wander in to the local tyre shop, hoist the vehicle and remove, change, balance and refit my own tyres...

No-one to blame but me if it goes bad...

Saves me a fair bit as well..

Originally Posted by BMKal

Yes.

See attached from the workshop manual (wheel nuts at bottom of table).

Thanks, good info.
The glove box manual states 133Nm (which im finally getting around to read more thoroughly), my old torque wrench doesnt have Nm so have to convert, i.e. 98.1 ft/lbs.
Took "Pearl" off for a complimentary health check on wednesday (shes on 10000k) so asked when booking for a 5 wheel rotation etc, comm. breakdown, they did 4 tyre but a good wheel balance and alignment, I tow a bit, so redid the rotation today as per coopers site and what Ive been doing for yonks I numbered all tyres prior with a white sidewall pen so know which has gone where. I set my torque wrench on 99 ft/lbs = 134. something, I checked before loosening nuts what the service guys had done, they were about that.
So, all finished, lovely clean wheels etc. off for a spin, 140k down a local highway smooth as silk, job done.