<div dir="ltr">Lately as I'm getting older and lug nuts don't just fly off like they used to when I had more muscle mass, I do find myself at least once per tire rotation going, "wait, I'm not tightening this, right?"</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr"><< <span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em">WRT the impact: ordered the Dewalt DCF-900. It says it's rated for 1400 pounds, I think. I guess if the lug nuts don't spin, it just twists off the lug stud itself. I guess either way the wheel's << coming off.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This comment reminded me of a comment from a friend of mine (in the Austin Healey club - obligatory LBC content) who said he twisted of a couple wheel studs on a 50's or 60' Chrysler product before he realized that the studs on the LH side of the car were LH thread.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jus' sayin'.<br><div><div><br style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px"></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 05:39:20 PM CST, Scott Hall <<a href="mailto:scott.hall.personal@gmail.com" target="_blank">scott.hall.personal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-8942074447317908623ydp8d0fe2cfyiv6176660700"><div dir="ltr">I forgot how much I enjoyed reading the list. So here's another one:<div><br></div><div>I used to have Griots Garage wheel storage 'poles'--they bolt to the wall/stud and stick out perpendicularly and you hang your wheels on them.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't see them on the Griots website any more. It looks like I'm starting from scratch on wheel storage. </div><div><br></div><div>I've got eight--no, nine--sets of wheels and tires in the garage right now. Opinions on the best way to store them, and why you like them? Right now they're stacked against the wall and on the shelves and I don't like that.</div><div><br></div><div>WRT the impact: ordered the Dewalt DCF-900. It says it's rated for 1400 pounds, I think. I guess if the lug nuts don't spin, it just twists off the lug stud itself. I guess either way the wheel's coming off.</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div></div>
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