<VV> Proper torque

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Mark,
    Just imagine having to change one of those  overtightened wheels late at 
night in bad weather without having the proper  tools handy!!!
    By the way, the 100 ft-lbs that I mentioned was for  my TransSport with 
the 205/70-15 tires.  The Corvairs take a lot less, more  like 60 depending on 
the year/model.
But the point is to know and FOLLOW the specs given in the owner's  manual.
    Frank "fussbudget" Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 6/10/2008 10:20:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
airvair at earthlink.net writes:

My buddy  Mike always likes to crank the lug nuts down as tight as he can.
Once,  after he did my car, I had to take my breaker bar and literally jump
up and  down on it to break them loose. When I complained to him about it,
he said  that he "didn't want the wheels to fall off." Seems he had that
happen  once, and has been cranking 'em down that tight ever since. And  that
despite me telling him about that one guy's son who had his wheel fall  off,
after the lug studs broke off from being overstressed by  some
impact-wrench-wielding tire shop jockey had zapped 'em down. I always  said
Mike could have made a good wrestler, because he has an  incredible
strength-to-weight ratio. I sometimes think he doesn't realize  just how
hard he can crank a bolt down.

-Mark (never had a wheel  fall off)


> [Original Message]
> From:  <FrankCB at aol.com>
> 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







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