Torque Wrench

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by thebarber

put winters on both cars tonight....couldnt even find my breaker bar let alone the torque wrench.....giant ratchet ftw!

What happened to your little electric impact wrench?

[DerFlosser]

Originally Posted by supmet

Ya, I've seen/had 2 cross threaded lugs(the 4 foot pipe just snapped the lug ), and about 100 over tightened from tire shops, dealers, brake shops, quick lube places. I'd say most place just impact them on way to tight... discount tire is the only place I've seen torque them, and you still have to watch to make sure they pick up the torque wrench sitting 5 feet away

Its probably *best* for the car to torque them every time, but far from necessary

4 foot pipe for lugnuts? People bring their cars to those lube shops and actually let those guys touch their cars? Sounds like a torque wrench would be a good investment for you.

Obviously it's not neccessary but highly recommended to use a torque wrench. A good quality torque wrench can be had for minimal money and re-calibrated whenever neccessary. I have found the better one to be withing specs after years of usage as long as you reset the wrench and don't keep tension on the spring. I highly recommend the use of a torque wrench...when your family is riding in the car, you can never have enough piece of mind.

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

What happened to your little electric impact wrench?

tucked away somewhere

and it was 9pm last night i did them...too late to be that loud

[WeeYari]

Just put on my snows this morning. Even tho everything gets torqued on at 76 lbs, had to impact the front right ones off.