[s-cars] Monkey lads at it again

[Rit Bellis]

Years ago I had the monkey lads change the tires on my old but trusty 100 
lS.  I did not check the torque.  We got a flat tire way back in the Mount 
Jefferson wilderness area, and I broke every socket I had trying to get the 
last bolt off the wheel.  Help finally arrived in the form of four very 
intoxicated guys in a giant F-100 4x4.  They had a bicycle pump, and plenty 
of beer, so they pumped up the flat tire, poured beer on it, found the leak, 
inserted a huge screw into the tire with some gasket seal, and voila: I was 
back on the road in time to avoid the next forest fire.  I ended up having 
to have a guy with a heliarc welder torch the bolt out.
Lesson learned.   You can't always count on four drunk guys in a ford being 
there when you need them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Huw Powell" <audi at humanspeakers.com>
To: "Robert Rossato" <bob.rossato_af at cox.net>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; "'Qlist'" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Monkey lads at it again


>>>This is exactly why I always loosen and torque my wheels
>>>whenever getting it
>>>back from a tire shop.
>
>> 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.
>
> 2 ft?  I wouldn't even bother - I'd go straight for one of the 4 ft
> pipes I keep hanging next to the tool box.  Changing tires and lug nuts
> on my ole yvehC truck I still had to jump on even that length!
>
> 2 feet is to get a little more oomph on a 3/8" ratchet in tight spaces.
>
> -- 
> Huw Powell
>
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