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Default Wheel torque specs

On Nov 4, 6:06*pm, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:55:50 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
Have you ever seen anyone work on your car check lug nut torque? *The
only thing I have ever seen is an air impact wrench blasting them
tight.


Seen a broken lug from an impact wrench?

Snap them right off or ....

pic:

http://metallurgist.com/images/LugNu...utFailure2.jpg


"Snap them right off or ...."

The only time I have snapped lugs is when trying to get the lugnut off
an overally tightened/rusted lug & nut combination.

My 97 Dodge Ram Van was the worse.