#2433107 - 07/01/11 02:18 PM
Flat Tire
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Two things:
1. Just pulled this 8 inch steel rod from my ol' lady's tire:
2. Dear auto technician,
Yes, you air wrench is cool, but I would prefer not get a hernia when manually changing a tire. I was using a heavy lug wrench, not a factory tire iron, and it took everything I had to break the tension on the nuts. Give me a break!
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#2433138 - 07/01/11 02:58 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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Can't over torquing the lug nuts damage the rotors? If I'm not mistakes, lug nuts should not be buzzed all the way down with a air wrench, but instead, finished off with a torque wrench.
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#2433152 - 07/01/11 03:04 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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Can't over torquing the lug nuts damage the rotors? If I'm not mistakes, lug nuts should not be buzzed all the way down with a air wrench, but instead, finished off with a torque wrench.
Yes, and they can damage/warp aluminum wheels too. I'm a pain in their butt when I get tires put on because I'm watching to make sure they use a torque wrench.
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#2433155 - 07/01/11 03:07 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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Can't over torquing the lug nuts damage the rotors? If I'm not mistakes, lug nuts should not be buzzed all the way down with a air wrench, but instead, finished off with a torque wrench. Yes, and they can damage/warp aluminum wheels too. I'm a pain in their butt when I get tires put on because I'm watching to make sure they use a torque wrench.
I'm gonna start doing that, too. If I had to deal with that kind of torque on the side of the interstate with traffic screaming by, it would have sucked! As it was, I was cussin' up a storm and that was in my driveway.
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#2433180 - 07/01/11 03:30 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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I just looked up the proper torque for my ol lady's truck. 100 lbs of torque. I'm guess they had it at 3-4 times that.
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#2433185 - 07/01/11 03:34 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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They do tend to pour the power on with those impact's. Ran across a young gal sitting on the western Ky parkway not long ago. All by herself dressed to the nines trying to change a flat. Me being me when I passed her thought what if that was one of my daughters stuck out here in nowhere. I did a couple U turns and got back to her vehicle. I had to stand on my fourway lug wrench and jump down on it to break the lugs loose. No way she could have did it. She must have thanked me a dozen times and said at least 50 cars had gone past before I stopped. Glad I got her on her way again.
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#2433199 - 07/01/11 03:52 PM
Re: Flat Tire
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Sorry she had a flat and glad you got it fixed.
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