<VV> Proper torque no specific Vair

[J R Read_HML]

The techs at Discount Tire used a torque wrench to complete installation of 
all 8 wheels when I bought tires for 2 blazers last fall.
Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <FrankCB at aol.com>
To: <vairologist at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Proper torque


>
>    Everytime I get a tire replaced I bring the car  home, jack up that
> wheel, loosen the tire nuts and retorque them in gradual  sequence 
> skipping every
> other as I go around twice - first at 20 ft-lbs, then  40, then 60, then 
> 80 and
> finally 100.  The tire shops usually use an air  powered torque wrench
> putting each bolt at full torque in one  shot.  A number of times I've had 
> to use a
> breaker bar with a long pipe  extension to break the nuts loose since they
> probably had them up at 200  ft-lbs.  Imagine having to change a tire with 
> nuts
> that tight late at night  in the rain on a busy road!!!
>    Frank "fanatic about some things"  Burkhard
>
>