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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
I was just having a bit of a go at you. 
If you loosened them before re-tightening, then that's half the battle. If you're a big guy, 89 lbft is pretty easy. |
Even for a big guy 89 should not be "pretty easy" unless your vocabulary consists solely of " Hulk SMASH". The second I read breaker bar in the first post I knew where this was headed. Sometimes the right job done with the wrong tool goes sideways fast.
I managed to break many a wheel stud back in the day and eventualy realized if I used an actual wheel wrench instead of a long handled breaker bar then it wasn't side loading the stud and taking it beyond its limits. The stock nuts and studs on these cars are up for any task (even track) if the proper tools and methods are used. They should not stretch, cross thread or fail in any manner if proper tools and methods are used. It is a simple nut holding a part on by friction so why would they fail just from being taken on and off?