Nearly all tire shops tighten lug bolts more than required. They won't get sued for that but they can get sued if a wheel comes off while driving. That's why I carry a cheap lug wrench with a Sharpie mark at the correct pressure. I hand the lug wrench to the tire man and tell him to tighten to the mark. That's okay with most shops since the shop has a witness that the fault is mine if a wheel comes off. I also carry a breakover handle, 6 point socket, and a 3 ft. piece of pipe for a cheater bar to use for roadside tire changes. You can twist off 2, and sometimes even 3 lugs and still get to an exit or even a tire shop. Gerry
P.S. Curious event from long ago: Once had the right front wheel bearing go bad on an early '60s model Beetle. Took off the RF wheel, hub, and linkage; and drove slowly home on 3 wheels. How was that possible? 1. Heavy engine/transmission in the rear and my 200 lbs on the left side of the car. Neighbor said that was impossible until I bet him $100 I could show him it wasn't. He didn't take the bet. Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The tire shop uses torque rods on the impact guns but I find they are > routinely innacurate in that they overtighten the bolts. So now I insist > that they use a torque wrench to mount the wheels. No more stuck lug bolts. > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 2:11 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Wheel bearings are definitely loose. That probably explains the > > scraping sound. > > > > Farstone put new tars on the front a couple months ago. WAY too > > much torque! Far-rocks needs a talkin' too! > > > > Raining, can't work on them now. Still trying to find where I put the > > spare driveshaft to put the bearing in, so I may end up taking the shaft > > out; put the bearing and mount on it, then put it back up. > > > > Curley McLain wrote on 2/26/19 9:42 PM: > > > on further consideration, i realize it has probably been 100 or 150k > > > miles since I checked wheel bearings. It is quite possible that the > > > bearings have worn a bit. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
