I take the four wheels off the car and take them to the tire shop. I install the wheels with a torque wrench - no problems with lug bolts that way. I've never had (knocking on wood) a tire emergency on the road where I couldn't do the wheel R&R myself - yet.
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:18 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
