25
The day I stopped using a torque wrench on lug nuts
After 15 years of religiously torquing every wheel I touched, I had a seizure last spring that left my right hand shaky and unreliable with precision tools. Now I do it by feel with a cross pattern and a breaker bar, and I actually haven't had any issues in 8 months of daily driving. Has anyone else switched methods due to injury or just gotten lazy about it?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
david70112d ago
Tossed my torque wrench after discovering dry threads vs greased threads make the actual torque reading wildly different anyway. The feel method adapts to whatever condition the studs are in.
1
fiona_johnson8212d ago
Did you switch to the German style where you just tighten until it feels right then give it an extra grunt?
0