| After struggling with over-tightened lug nuts after new tire purchases,
| on more than one occasion, I've often thought: What would my wife do
| if she had a flat out on the highway?. I've had to use pieces of pipe
| as extensions to "crack" the nuts loose. NEVER AGAIN! next time I'll
| tighten them myself.
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| Happy Healeying.... Duane WALZER@ENP.PRIME.COM
When I bought my Lotus, two of the lug nuts were stripped. The torque
spec on them is 50-55 lb-ft, and they strip at about 60-65. When I
bought new tires, I insisted they tighten the lugs by hand with a torque
wrench; the installer commented that it was a good thing I mentioned it,
because his air wrench is set at 90.
Dave
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