Tire shop over torqued lug nuts (1969 Dart). Should I redo it?
A few months ago, our oldest daughter took her Honda CRV to a local shop in an attempt to find a noise in the right front area. They gave an estimate of 5500 bucks to replace all ties rods, rack assembly and struts. Wound up being the CV axle on that side discovered by me. When I got to it, I'd use my 1/2" air impact, but wouldn't budge the lug nuts, so bring out the long breaker bar, that didn't do it, so put an "extension" on it and that did it! I never have used a torque wrench on lugs, I know what's tight enough;)
A few months ago, our oldest daughter took her Honda CRV to a local shop in an attempt to find a noise in the right front area. They gave an estimate of 5500 bucks to replace all ties rods, rack assembly and struts. Wound up being the CV axle on that side discovered by me. When I got to it, I'd use my 1/2" air impact, but wouldn't budge the lug nuts, so bring out the long breaker bar, that didn't do it, so put an "extension" on it and that did it! I never have used a torque wrench on lugs, I know what's tight enough;)