Audi woes - new wheel, rotor, front panel

[Robert Myers]

At 04:35 PM 5/2/2004 -0400, Eric_R_Kissell at whirlpool.com wrote:


>Tony "films at crazyralph.com" wrote:
> >Noticed a hard shimmy in the wheel and a knocking sound and less than
> >30 seconds later I was sliding down the highway minus my front left tire.
>
>Am I the only person who brings a torque wrench with them to the tire shop
>and hand tightens my lug bolts before driving away?

You are not alone.  My torque wrench has permanent resident status in my trunk.

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>  OK, I live in NW Ohio, where we have no mountain curves, or
>mountains, or big hills,

I live in WV where we do have mountain roads replete with sharp curves and 
rock cliffs on one side and 900 foot drops on the other.

>Seriously, I would recommend that everyone check the torque of the wheel
>bolts on his car before driving it away from the shop. Even just checking
>the tightness by feel without a torque wrench would identify loose bolts.
>You might not get them to exactly 75 ft-lbs, but one grunt is better than
>loose.

Amen, Brother Eric.


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