RE: Torque Sensing Wheel Bolts

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

AHHHHHHHHH! torque.......sensing.......error...error..... does not
compute...must....presss...d..e..l..e....t....e  :)

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: 	Andrew Duane USG[SMTP:duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com]
>Sent: 	November 5, 1999 7:15 AM
>To: 	quattro@audifans.com
>Subject: 	Re: Torque Sensing Wheel Bolts
>
>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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