Tightening Torques for Metric Fasteners
| MERTIC FASTENERS | TORQUE – Nm CLASS – 1 | TORQUE – Nm CLASS – 2 |
| M5 | 10 | 5 |
| M6 | 12 | 6 |
| M8 | 18 | 15 |
| M10 | 55 | 30 |
| M12 | 95 | 50 |
| M16 | 240 | 120 |
| M20 | 460 | 230 |
| M24 | 790 | 400 |
| M30 | 1610 | 810 |
| M36 | 2700 | 1390 |
Class – 1: are the highly stressed fasteners where joint separation is critical with initial core stress in 75-80% yield stress.
Class – 2 : are the lightly stressed fasteners – 35-40% yield stress.