On 9/24/2014 7:59 AM, trader_4 wrote:


A friend of mine had the lug bolts put on his car super tight by
a tire place too. He went back to complain. The manager came out
with a torque wrench, showed him what the wrench was set to, then
put it on one of the bolts, applied pressure until the wrench clicked.
Whereupon he said "See, that shows that they are torqued to the right
amount".

Which goes to show you, even the right eqpt is useless in the hands of
an idiot. Personally, I use an electric impact wrench and just do it
based on experience. Haven't had a problem yet.

He may be an idiot using that demo, but . . .
Don't blame the installer. I had lug bolts om my Karmann Ghia. I'd put
them on with very little torque, but they'd be a bear to get off later.
I'd have to put a pipe on the socket bar and jump on it for some.

The bolts and holes were perfectly machined. You could put them in by
hand to the last 1/8th turn with the wrench.