[s-cars] (no subject)

[Thomas Green]

> From: <iain.atkinson at tesco.net>
> To: Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>, QSHIPQ at aol.com,
> 	urq at audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com, s-car-list at audifans.com,
> 	v8 at audifans.com, 200q20v at audifans.com, audi20v at rennlist.org
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [s-cars] More on audi wheel bolts/studs/torque
> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 21:45:45 +0000
>
> Ok so why in my dealership in the UK do the techs put anti seize on
> the whe=
> el bolts then????
> So your friggin girlfriend can get the wheel off in the pissing rain
> and you won't have to get wet!
> I can understand the logic for race car applications but the average
> man in=
>  the street isn't going too impressed when he has to change a wheel in
> the =
> pissing rain in the middle of winter and can't get the bolts off
> because th=
> ey have seized on. We all know that the standard wheel changin kit in
> cars =
> is pathetic, thats why all sensible q listers keep a decent sized
> breaker b=
> ar and torque wrench in the boot!!
> Iain
>      Maybe if the average man in the street would balance and rotate
> the tires and maybe clean the wheels once in a while they wouldn't
> seize on the hub.
Tom '95 S-6 no seized wheels in the Colonies