Check before it's too late
Just decided to check the lug nuts on our TT we purchased last fall. Got the trusty 4-way lug wrench out of my truck and realized the walls on it are too thick to fit on the nut with enough clearance ...
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Pop-Pop C wrote:
I use a breaker bar and socket, with a cheater pipe.
magicbus wrote:
I can't believe I survived to retirement using a crow.bar or 4-way instead of a torque wrench on wheels. Only time I recall using a torque wrench was tightening bearing caps on an engine rebuild :B.
Dave
Wow, do you know how easy it is to over torque a lug nut with those devices!!! :S
I just replaced the wheels on a John Deere 1435 Mower, torque on the lug bolts was 165 ft. lbs.! Yes, it was a bit of a reef on 250 ft/ lb. torque wrench, but not killer.
Without a torque wrench, it is too easy to over torque a nut or bolt resulting in breakage. Not fun running down the freeway!!!
