Torque wrench and bead lube

I always liked them when I was in high school as well. I used a micrometer daily in the shop back then, I had a rude awakening this weekend guess it's time to go back to the doctor and get my eyes checked again. Tell the people that say you're eyes are going to look at the youngin's now days. My wife is 27 and legally blind without contacts. she's -9.50...call me cruel but I laugh every time she loses her contacts...thud thump (string of cuss words) You O.K????

"shut up you ####ing ####### and help me get my contacts"...yes dear coming dear as fast as I possibly can....

 

A small pail of Murphy's is cheap and you mix some with water so for a one truck guy it will last forever. S'posed to have rust inhibitors that dish soap won't have. Works superb for replacing windows too.

I use my 250# torque wrench with my 4X torque multiplier but you gotta take into account the stated 10-20% loss of torque the tool absorbs so if I'm shooting for 450-500 lug nut range I'll set torque wrench for 139. Times that by 4 gives you 556 and then figure the 10-20% loss form the multiplier leaves you in the range of 500-444 lb/ft.

Never had a nut come loose. Best thing I bought was the 1" pneumatic from Northern Tools a few years ago. Around 2400 torque on that baby. Plug up to my 1/2 air line and I love the low growl it has - 'Buddah-dow-dow-dow-dow-dow-dow'! Saves a lot of work from removing nuts with the torque mult. like I used to.

I tighten finger tight by hand while spinning the wheel for the stud piloted but not for hub piloted, then Gutenteit with breaker and finish with tq wr/tq mult.

 

I got both a 3/4" and 1" torque wrench. Use which ever one is handy at the time.

About tire lube. I rarely use any. Almost never for taking a tire off by hand. I can move quicker without the slimy tire irons. If I am on a tire machine I often relent for some cheap soap. Nothing special just any soap I have in the shop. I certainly don't have a special tire soap mixed cause I don't change tires every day and even when I did it was a waste.

Putting tires on by hand I sometimes use soap if if I have tough ones but once again I can move quicker when I am not dealing with slimy irons. I will often put a tire on dry and just soup up for seating the bead.

 

Mazola oil. Will not hurt rubber and helps with corrosion. I personally think it helps seal better than anything. But I all ways clean bead and mounting surface, and new valve stem any time tire is dismounted. I use a 1inch gun for removal. Then 1/2 to reinstall. Torque to 400. Then torque to 450 with 3/4 mac torque wrench. With copper high temp never sieze. Plus use tru-balance pins. Well worth the money and time. And if i need to pull one on the road a breaker bar or 1/2 snapon elec impact will break them loose in a pinch.

 

I've tried all different kinds of bead lube. I've found that regular old soapy water works as good as any and isn't nearly as messy.

Your bead lube can be too slick. Sometimes you need the bead to stay where you put it and not slip off. I've found soapy water to add enough lubrication to aid in the process but not be too slick to cause other problems.

 

Check a pawn shop for tools. My wife scored me a $1200 Snap-on 3/4" torque wrench for $150. And she made them throw in a digital camera.