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PSA: Saw a wheel-off at the I-70 rest stop near Effingham last month and now I torque every car I touch
Guy lost his front wheel at 60 mph right in front of me, turns out a tire kid at some chain spot buzzed his lugs on with a impact and never checked them. I keep a torque wrench in my trunk now and hit 80 ft-lbs on my own ride every oil change, anyone else seen this happen way more than it should?
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olivia_lopez9824d ago
Torque wrenches are great and all but this feels like one of those things where the internet takes one bad story and turns it into a whole panic. Millions of tires get mounted every day with impacts and the vast majority of cars don't lose wheels on the highway. Tire shops use torque sticks for a reason, they get it close enough and it works fine for 99 percent of people. If a shop is really that careless you probably have bigger problems than whether you personally own a torque wrench. Not saying it never happens, but torquing your own lugs at every oil change won't save you from a guy who cross threads a nut or forgets to tighten one at all. Best thing is finding a shop you trust and letting them do their job, your mileage may vary though.
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