Checking Lug Nut Torque

No need to go that crazy unless you're tightening up the nuts on the back beam of Neway air suspensions. Standard truck lug nuts you can put the required 500 ft-lbs on them no problem with a 3/4" drive torque wrench.

 

i have seen so-called mechanics just hold the impact wrench on lug nuts, not all will be to a proper torque. a real mechanic will have the tools needed for a professional job. all others are hacks.

 

A one inch drive torque wrench can be bought for $550 from Walmart. It has the preset function, and is about 4 feet long.

I don’t think you need to rush out and buy one....let the mechanics use it.

 

That would be the best thing to happen to those Swift and CRE trucks mentioned above.

 

Yep. Im a buck sixty dripping wet and have no problem getting 500lbs on a torque wrench.

 

Oh come on.


There's ten of them on there... how many do you really need?




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I have never kicked a wheel. Don’t want to hurt my foot. Besides, your foot can’t tell the difference between 105 psi and 75 psi.

In cdl school you learn how to do a pre-trip inspection of the truck. About 200 items were covered by my school. Dot examiner may only want about 100 items checked. Pre-trip inspection takes about 15 minutes for an experienced driver.

Pre-trip inspections protect the driver. If a driver is willing to take the fault for another drivers damage, then so be it.

 

I don't think I'ver ever seen a driver pretripping his lug nuts with a torque wrench. If I did see one I'd probably wonder about his total grasp of the situation. Not to mention his sanity.

 

What about a blow torch?