Re: Torque Sensing Wheel Bolts

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> > 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?

another nod to the NTB guys... they told me, after mounting my used
tires and tightening the bolts by hand then using a torque wrench, to
bring the car back in a couple of days to have the lugs re-torqued... I
just did it myself.

Now, do they tell everybody this or was it just the yellow wheels that
caused it?

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250