How often do you check lug tightness?
05-15-2003, 08:21 PM
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I don't typically check my lug nuts unless the wheels have been off the car and someone else put them on. I do not trust any shop to do it right, so I always loosen and retorque the lug nuts. I learned the hard way years ago with warped rotors due to uneven tightness.
05-16-2003, 12:13 AM
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Ditto w/others re frequent checks at DEs.
For street, I torque when changing wheels & then check a few days later. I've sometimes found after some initial driving a lug may loosen.
Another twist <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> is I don't just check torque after having wheel removal work done by others. I loosen & re-torque the lugs.
I started doing that a few years ago after I had a flat on another car, tried to remove the wheel & confronted a lug nut that had been tightened w/an impact wrench to at least 300 ft lbs. It took my jumping up & down on a 4 foot jack handle used as an extension on a 1/2" breaker bar to remove the lug. It happened in my garage so I was just pissed. Had it been on a rainy night on a rural road, I'd have been ready to kill. Now I always check that the lugs are neither too loose nor too tight.
For street, I torque when changing wheels & then check a few days later. I've sometimes found after some initial driving a lug may loosen.
Another twist <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> is I don't just check torque after having wheel removal work done by others. I loosen & re-torque the lugs.
I started doing that a few years ago after I had a flat on another car, tried to remove the wheel & confronted a lug nut that had been tightened w/an impact wrench to at least 300 ft lbs. It took my jumping up & down on a 4 foot jack handle used as an extension on a 1/2" breaker bar to remove the lug. It happened in my garage so I was just pissed. Had it been on a rainy night on a rural road, I'd have been ready to kill. Now I always check that the lugs are neither too loose nor too tight.
05-16-2003, 01:22 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Dan 96C2 St.Louis:
<strong>Ditto w/others re frequent checks at DEs.
For street, I torque when changing wheels & then check a few days later. I've sometimes found after some initial driving a lug may loosen.
Another twist <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> is I don't just check torque after having wheel removal work done by others. I loosen & re-torque the lugs.
I started doing that a few years ago after I had a flat on another car, tried to remove the wheel & confronted a lug nut that had been tightened w/an impact wrench to at least 300 ft lbs. It took my jumping up & down on a 4 foot jack handle used as an extension on a 1/2" breaker bar to remove the lug. It happened in my garage so I was just pissed. Had it been on a rainy night on a rural road, I'd have been ready to kill. Now I always check that the lugs are neither too loose nor too tight.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Me too. For the same reason. However, once I've set the torque, I just check it from that point on.
<strong>Ditto w/others re frequent checks at DEs.
For street, I torque when changing wheels & then check a few days later. I've sometimes found after some initial driving a lug may loosen.
Another twist <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> is I don't just check torque after having wheel removal work done by others. I loosen & re-torque the lugs.
I started doing that a few years ago after I had a flat on another car, tried to remove the wheel & confronted a lug nut that had been tightened w/an impact wrench to at least 300 ft lbs. It took my jumping up & down on a 4 foot jack handle used as an extension on a 1/2" breaker bar to remove the lug. It happened in my garage so I was just pissed. Had it been on a rainy night on a rural road, I'd have been ready to kill. Now I always check that the lugs are neither too loose nor too tight.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Me too. For the same reason. However, once I've set the torque, I just check it from that point on.
05-16-2003, 03:11 PM
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I also enjoy checking my nuts. I find that as time goes by I check them less frequently, but I spend more time when I do check them.
I usually check them right before and right after a DE, and it's interesting to note that there is often a difference.
I also agree with Greg that I feel uncomfortable having someone else check my nuts for me, and I flatly refuse to check someone else's no matter how well I know them.
As with anything else, make sure you use the right tools to check your nuts. Trust me when I say you do NOT want to torque your nuts incorrectly.
I usually check them right before and right after a DE, and it's interesting to note that there is often a difference.
I also agree with Greg that I feel uncomfortable having someone else check my nuts for me, and I flatly refuse to check someone else's no matter how well I know them.
As with anything else, make sure you use the right tools to check your nuts. Trust me when I say you do NOT want to torque your nuts incorrectly.
05-16-2003, 04:40 PM
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you check your nuts and torque them too?
i hope you meant lug nuts.
sorry, i can't help myself.
you check your nuts and torque them too?
i hope you meant lug nuts.
sorry, i can't help myself.
