I've watched in several clueless Walmarts and they tighten to a rattle with the air gun, lower the car to the ground, and then "check" with the torque wrench. One time while waiting in line, I wanted to yell at the tech for having no clue how to use a torque wrench, but it wasn't my car....that's when I told the lead tech that I'd bring the single tire I wanted mounted to him. He bumped me ahead of 5 people and had my tire mounted and balanced in 5 min. Ugh, I ALWAYS loosen and retorque after having my Walmart Goodyears rotated/balanced.
Luther On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:34:52 -0500, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > LWB250 wrote: >> >> Most of the tire places I've seen these days appear to >> use the torque limiting extensions on their rattle >> guns. > > At Wal-Mart, they used a light torque limiting bar, but only > for safety, the tightening was limited by spinning the lugs > on with quick light burps of the rattle gun. Then they > used a torque wrench, drove around the building to seat > the wheels and then used the torque wrench again. > > Mitch. > -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '87 300SDL (272,xxx mi) head case '85 Ford F250 6.9 diesel (x58,xxx mi) '82 300CD (166 kmi) '82 300D (74 kmi) getting donor engine-sold '85 300D (280,176) parts car sans engine _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
