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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Sad Story about Torquing Wheel Bolts
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Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 23:10:27 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  6 23:10:27 1985
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In article <1484@vax3.fluke.UUCP> gnosis@fluke.UUCP (Chris Villani) writes:
>newly hired 'mechanic' remounted the wheels (alloy rims by the
>way).  Some where he got the notion that the wheel bolts needed
>to be "torqued down".  He did so with all the force the shops
>impact wrench could muster.  A job well done he thought.

I said I use a torque wrench on my lug nuts. That means they get put
on with a torque of exactly 45 foot-lbs. The reason I, and probably
most mechanics, use a torque wrench is to AVOID over-tightening lug
nuts. You don't need special equipment to act like a gorilla.

Do I also have to explain that to tighten the nuts you turn clockwise
and to loosen them you turn counter-clockwise? Cripes! (please, no
jokes about digital watches. freshmen, please restrain yourselves.)
-- 
 Arthur Rudolph believed that technology is morally neutral and so,
therefore, are those who create it.

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