well i got my rims and i went to go get tires mounted on them and air was leaking from the center section does any one know what the torque specs are to tighten the center to the rim sections thanks

 

a goodnight bump please someone help need to get them on by monday
thanks

 

I don't think it's a matter of torquing the centers down...
I think you need to reseal the entire wheel.


-Ted

 

thanks i guess its off to the wheel guy tomarrow

 

i have the same problem with 2 of my rims. They are also re-amemiya aw-7s. One has a slow leak and will hold air for like 3 days and the other will hold for like 7 hours lol. Does anyone know the torque specs? I plan to rebuild the rims and re-seal them before the end of winter so i can use them come summer time, but i don't know the torque specs to put them back together. Please help!!

 

I tried looking but you might want to hit up "japan2la" on here. He might have said info.

I've read anywhere from 17nm to 7-9 ft/lbs torque. Some wheels have torque specs of 30-32 ft/lbs so i'm sure they are SPECIFIC TO EACH BRAND/MODEL of wheel, not universal.

 

I don't know for sure either. Someone told me that they are specific with the size of the bolts that hold the rims together, so i looked up that and found that 1/4" bolts are 15ft/lbs and 5/16" bolts are 20ft/lbs. The only problem is these are held together with 11/32" bolts and i can't find any info on that. My best guess is it's in that same 28-32f/lb range but when it comes to wheels i'd really like to know exactly, it's not something I like to take my best guess at seeing how when driving your life kind of depends on whether your wheels and tires stay on lol. I e-mailed re-amemiya and am waiting for a reply which doesn't seem to be coming so if anyone has any info that could help me out it would be appreciated. Thanks

 

I would give memory fab or rb wheels a call...

 

So i did find out that it is dependant on bolt size. Mine were held together with the M8 (stands for 8mm apparently) hardware that is apparently very popular in 3 piece rims. the torque specs for rims held together with these 8mm 12 point star bolts is 28-30 ft/lbs torque.