Re: NTW

[Psycho Bob <honge@creighton.edu>]

>5. Always overtorque nuts.

Oh, couldn't forget about that one! (The one they destroyed the Type A.)
The thing is that I found the destruction after I tried to get the wheels
off. I use a whatchamacallit ratchet which is exactly 1 foot long for the
wheel work. I weight about 160lb -- and standing on the ratchet which is
secured to the nuts won't even loosen it! I jumped several times -- and my
guess is that the wheel nuts -- all five of them -- were torqued at least
225 to 250ft-lb!! The recommendation for this particular Toyota, I recall,
was 76ft-lb. The worse part was that this dealer was Toyota dealer. (Oh,
we got worse Audi dealer here in Omaha...)

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