basic driving skills

MFL wrote:

bucky wrote:

MFL wrote:
Good PSA JR!

I do think, since everyone is carrying a phone now, many rely on their phone, rather than any maintenance skills. That being said, I am not one of those folks, and would change my own tire.

I buy new vehicles, but still check the spare myself right away, to ensure proper psi, and to understand/examine the supplied tools to change.

On my truck, like you mentioned, the lug wrench would require a superman! The lug torque is supposed to be at 160.

Jerry

What are you driving with that large of a torque rating on a lug nut?

Ford SuperDuty in sig.

After reading NRALIFR's post, I realized torque on mine is also 165, not 160 ft lbs. Ford builds tough trucks, that wheels do not fall off from!

Here is a pic of another manufacturer's truck, that wheel fell off, while just driving down the street.



Jerry

I see that every time I leave the house. Scary to think that that is happening so often. Once on a camping trip, traffic was stopped on the hwy. I thought maybe there was a wreck. Nope it was a couple trucks like that with wheels that just came off. Guess they were traveling together so they could help each other when their wheels came off.