In article , Craig wrote:
"Peter Reilley" wrote in message ...
I had my wheels balanced and for the third time the lug nuts
came loose a few days later. I watched them use a torque
wrench to tighten them. I have alloy wheels. When I put the
nuts on I stand on the lug wrench and bounce a little. They
don't come loose when I do that.

No grease and correct torque value. Also make sure that the cone
angle, if there is one, on the nut matches the angle on the wheel.
All you are doing when you jump on the lug wrench is overtorqueing the
nuts and damaging the wheels and over stressing the studs. In all the
vehicles we've owned in our family over the last 35 years, we've never
had a lug nut work loose when properly installed. Craig C.


what Craig said, sameo w/me, _plus_ i used to loosen the nuts
1st opportunity after getting any work done at a tire shop. this
was prompted by getting stranded w/a flat in the NM desert because
i could not get the friken lug nuts loose with the factory wrench.

from that day on, i made sure that never happened again, re-torqing
them with the factory wrench at home. i have _never_ lost a lug nut
in over 50yrs of diys backyard mechanikin. i have had loose nuts
because i failed to apply the final torque. --Loren