RE: Garage attendants...

["Livolsi, Stephane" <livols1@investorsgroup.com>]

The last line about sez it all.... trust no one....
It's your car, you are the one driving it, it's yours and your
passenger's lives on the line so you should always double check any work
someone else has done. You SHOULDN'T have to, but you MUST.  Who knows
how many times lug bolts have been left loose, spark plugs not torqued,
fuel line fittings not clamped, etc, etc.   I look at it this way - if
anyone ever has to do some work on my car (because I don't have the
tools), it is their responsibility to do the work, and MY responsibility
to make sure it was done properly.


Stephane Livolsi
180 Yorston St
Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
ph 250-392-2637
fax 250-392-2693

'86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)


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>From: 	Cynic5KS@aol.com[SMTP:Cynic5KS@aol.com]
>Sent: 	November 5, 1999 3:40 AM
>To: 	quk@isham-research.freeserve.co.uk; mchang@ece.nwu.edu
>Cc: 	quattro@audifans.com
>Subject: 	Re: Garage attendants...
>
>In a message dated 11/5/99 3:01:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk writes:
>
>> > I just wanted to get this in the clear with people that are wrenches for
>>a
>>  > living.  I was told by a local shop that air wrenches/impact wrenches 
>(you
>>  > know, the loud cool ones) can have torque-sensing clutches or something
>>  > built into them so that they don't overtorque.
>>  
>>  You can get a kind of flexible extension that limits torque.  IMO they
>>  don't work.
>>  
>
>I believe those extension to work... my NY mechanic uses those.... everything
>was around 80-90 ftlbs.  They are by no means very accurate... 
>I still back them off and retorque them when i get home... trust no one...
>
>Arden
>