myredracer wrote:
I don't trust a tire shop or anyone else to touch my nuts. I have always used my torque wrench from day one along with the right socket on our TT. Makes me cringe any time I see someone slamming on lug nuts with an impact wrench. The correct torque should make it easier to remove the nuts.
Same here. I always retorque with my own wrench any time after a shop removes a wheel. Thanks to Ottawa wishing to become the pothole capital of the world I had a blow out two weeks ago on an 8 month old tire on my car. After the shop put on a new tire, using any reasonable force I couldn't budge the lug nuts on my retorque attempt. Back to the shop to have them loosen. My retorque showed they did it right this time. I also have those chrome covered lug nuts on this car and one got so buggered up due to this excessive torque episode, it had to replaced.
