Torque on Lug Nuts
Quick question. Has anyone ever had to have their lug nuts re-torqued after having new tires installed?
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Chum lee wrote:
Oh, . . . come on. Please stop it. I'm not saying that owning something like a Dewalt/PorterCable 6 gallon 120 volt pancake compressor (no affiliation) is the most efficient, production line industrial/commercial way to live your life. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M/WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. Granted, when using a pancake style compressor, you may have to pause briefly to recharge the tank (to 165 psi) after breaking a few oyer-torqued lug bolts/nuts (maybe 650 ft-lbs in this case) but it WILL get them off so that you can, . . . git-er-done in an emergency situation rather than sitting dead in the water. (waiting for some (IMO) overpriced "expert" like you to show up)
Chum lee
To start, when I was working, as soon as I got a truck with Budd wheels to remove a wheel I went with inch drive, long anvil impact.
A big electric, or air gun with a small compressor might help if you need to get nuts off. But when the topic is re-torqueing lugnuts I would think the idea would be to get the torque right, not "quarter turn past as far as it will go with a 6 foot cheater"
