Wheel falls off

Jester67 · Mar 20, 2006

Ah hell I’m a watcher I don’t let any of the flunkies near my car when I cant see what they are doing all the time.

Swede958 · Mar 20, 2006

In tyler's defense... I believe most impacts are rated off of a 1/2" hose, so they don't produce 'quite' the amount of torque using the 3/8" hose most of us have.

Other than that, I'll normally impact them on for a sec and then either torque them to the right spec or if I'm in a rush put it on FMPFT (Fat Man Pretty Freakin Tight)

2nd Mustang · Mar 20, 2006

Back to the Sears thing. My son took his 02 Mustang to Sears for an alignment and tire rotation even after I warned him not to go there. Yup, they overtorqued the wheels. I couldn't even break the lug nut with a breaker bar and extension. I had him take it back and had them torque it down correctly. Many months later, we were replacing his brakes and one of the studs on the front hub cracked as we were taking the lug nut off. Two lug nuts on the back gave my impact air wrench and real workout trying to get them off. Please excuse me if I don't use Sears Automotive again.

MitchGT · Mar 21, 2006

also, if the lugs aren't torqued evenly, it can warp the rotors. rotors are way more expensive than a little time with the wrench.

stangman16 · Mar 21, 2006

Is it still wrong to use the impact wrench just to get the lug nuts on there snug by tightening in a star pattern? I usually snug the lug nuts down and bust out the torque wrench and start at 50 and work my way up...

jst6 · Mar 21, 2006

I'd say if you're going to use an air tool to snug down the lugs, I would use a regular 3/8's air ratchet instead of an impact wrench. just a little safer

John Z · Mar 21, 2006

stangman16 said:
Is it still wrong to use the impact wrench just to get the lug nuts on there snug by tightening in a star pattern? I usually snug the lug nuts down and bust out the torque wrench and start at 50 and work my way up...

That sounds ok to me as long as you're getting some rotation of the lug nut before you reach the desired torque. The problem is more with shops that are not taking proper care with the final torque. They will use the same gun and settings for all lug nuts and that is just not right!

1320stang · Mar 21, 2006

Whatever happened to the original poster? What was the outcome?

tos · Mar 21, 2006

1320stang said:
Whatever happened to the original poster? What was the outcome?

I was wondering that myself. We kinda highjacked this post. The impact debate should be on a separate thread. Hope he lets us know what the deal was.

John Z · Mar 21, 2006

tos said:
I was wondering that myself. We kinda highjacked this post. The impact debate should be on a separate thread. Hope he lets us know what the deal was.

May be his wheel fell off again and he cannot get to a computer?

It is irritating when efforts to help go unacknowledged.

StaffAmerica74 · Mar 21, 2006

Hmmm well thats news to me, at work we use an impact to put the wheels on, But we use these things little things called torque sticks.

65mistress · Mar 21, 2006

You can get the torque specific extensions, they will not allow more then x number of ft lbs of torque to be transferred to what ever it is that you're using them on. It's a pretty nifty idea. Those would keep you from over tightening the lugs and allow you to use a torque wrench to get the desired foot lbs.

97fxdwg · Mar 21, 2006

Hijacking Cont'd

What is the proper torque for putting wheels on? Cragar Classics if that matters.

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