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Lug nuts hold your wheel to the car, so as you can probably imagine, they're pretty important. So why do mechanics make this ...
Lug nuts and wheel studs are prone to wear and tear and rust damage. Stay on top of their condition by re-torquing the lug nuts every 5,000 miles or whenever service requires the wheels to be removed.
So if a lug nut is supposed to be tightened to, say, 85 foot-pounds, and the torque wrench says it took 300 foot-pounds to remove it, the mechanic knows that something’s wrong.
At my past tire changeover last fall, the dealership claimed nine of my lug nuts were seized and had to be replaced. They did the same job in reverse in the spring, so the lug nuts were on seven ...
Tool School: The Lug Loosening Impact Wrench Why any grease monkey needs an impact wrenches in his toolbox: they make removing lug nuts a quick and easy task. By Timothy Dahl Published: Mar 28 ...
Get rid of them. I agree that aftermarket lug nuts would be a good choice, but be careful that they, too, are not the sandwich style, or the problem will repeat itself.