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Originally Posted by humfrz
It's best to check them in the mornings ........... in case the trunk monkey gets out at night and loosens them up ....... 
humfrz |
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knew I wasn't the only one who remembered those ads!
Also, seriously, with the overtorquing thing. I've always put on and off wheels with an impact gun. Never broken a stud. Even rusty-ass 20 year old studs. Are people cross threading and side-loading and trying to crank them in with the wheel halfway off or what? WTF?
On that note, side loading. I can snap a stud clean off with a breaker bar. But not by turning it correctly. Set the thing parallel to the stud, or even 45~60 degrees off with the lug nut crossed up and not tight against the wheel, and push. SNAP. They aren't designed to take bending forces. Shear and tension. Not bending.
Buy an impact gun. There are many great uses for one. Torque the f*ck out of them.