Re: Torque Sensing Wheel Bolts

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Levis-Fithian, Jeff E say:

> A good practice is to always re-torque your wheel nuts/bolts after taking it
> to any wheel/tire shop.  That way you are not stuck in the middle of the
> night with the inadequate Audi lug wrench trying to get a bolt off that is
> torqued to 548 lb-ft.  I almost stripped a bolt head trying that _once_.

Besides, alloy wheels are *supposed* to be retorqued at 50 miles.
Everyone of course does that, yes?

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