You're lucky. I had new tires put on and they tightened the lug nuts so
tight that I bent my 2' cross bar trying to remove them. Finally had to go
back and have them untorque them. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith0alan@aol.com <Keith0alan@aol.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, April 14, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: OK really dumb question
>Torque limiting my @&^#^%&*^%. I had new tires put on my '66 and forgot to
>tell them to do them by hand. Decided to check them after I got home. After
I
>got out the big spider, a jack stand and a sledge hammer I finally got the
>lug nuts off. Must have been pushing 200 ft/lbs. I am amazed they didn't
>twist the studs off. Also it is way to easy to drive the lugs on cross
>threaded with the air gun. For a good time, after they put your tires on,
get
>the manager, pull the stock lug wrench out of the trunk and ask him to
remove
>the lugs with it. Just like you would have to do on the side of the road.
>Then tell him to redo them by HAND!
>
> keith
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