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Re: Replacing lug nuts: need torque wrench?
| irwell | 26 Sep 2007 15:01 |
>"Christopher Wong" <cwnews@the-wongs.net> wrote in message
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>that any worthwhile mechanic uses them and why engineers specify torque
>setting for so many components.
Too much torque can shear a stud.
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| Edwin Pawlowski | 26 Sep 2007 01:46 |
"Christopher Wong" <cwnews@the-wongs.net> wrote in message
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> I'd like
> to replace them, but a lot of literature I read seem to say that an
> expensive torque wrench is needed to safely install lug nuts. Can't I
> just use the wrench in my trunk?
There are many things we don't "need" in life, but there must be a reason
that any worthwhile mechanic uses them and why engineers specify torque
setting for so many components.
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| Christopher Wong | 26 Sep 2007 00:21 |
A while back, I allowed some nitwit to remove my tires to check the
brakes on my 2001 Accent. In the process, he damaged the chrome
plating on several lug nuts, and now they are badly corroded. I'd like
to replace them, but a lot of literature I read seem to say that an
expensive torque wrench is needed to safely install lug nuts. Can't I
just use the wrench in my trunk?
Chris
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