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Stormin Mormon[_10_] Stormin Mormon[_10_] is offline
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On 9/24/2014 8:20 AM, wrote:
As a dealership service manager I'd spot-check the torque on wheel
nuts after the mechanic was finished a job. Random selection of a few
a week. Heaven help the guy who under-torqued or over-torqued a
wheel!!! I started this after a customer lost a wheel less than 3
miles from the shop. It never happened again. They guys were VERY
carefull to make sure all wheels were properly torqued. They'd run
them on with the impact on the hoist, drop the vehicle to the ground-
retorque with the torque wrench, then install the wheel covers if so
equipped.


Did you ask the customers to bring in their aluminum
wheels the next day for retorque?


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