[s-cars] Monkey lads at it again
Robert Rossato
bob.rossato_af at cox.net
Sun Jan 28 10:12:46 EST 2007
> This is exactly why I always loosen and torque my wheels
> whenever getting it
> back from a tire shop.
>
> The last time I had my winter tires swapped and mounted, 2 of
> the wheels I
> swear were like 250 ft-lbs!
>
> Sean
That's not always possible. Years ago I went over to my brother's house
to help him remove a wheel on his 5ka that a shop had put on. He
couldn't get the bolts to budge, so I figured it would be much easier
with my 2ft breaker bar. I was standing on the end of that 2ft breaker
bar. Hands on the fender and bouncing even. Couldn't get them to
budge. 440 lb-ft of torque wasn't cutting it. Had to bring the car
back to the shop and have the idiots loosen them.
Bob
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