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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Lynnmor wrote:afidel wrote:
It's obviously NOT that easy as I'm pretty sure I've never seen a torque wrench used to put tires on in any mechanics shop or tire place I've ever been to. They all just use the air guns or electric equivalent. There's not some plague of wheels flying off of vehicles from overtightened lugnuts due to using simple air guns.
They might have been using torque sticks and you didn't know it, or you shop for tires at incompetent shops. Yes, I have replaced studs and found loose lug nuts as well because of idiots at Pa State Inspection stations. Of course I always check torque after anyone fooled with my wheels. YMMV
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When I change a tire at home I use my impact wrench to run the lugs down on a low pressure setting, just enough to snug them up. Then torque with wrench.
