Retorquing the Lugnuts

If you can't agree with anything besides that it would take five hours, why do you even use a torque wrench? Just ask the other guy to do it for you in ten minutes. Seems like y'all are making this stuff up as much as I may be speculating. Why is it even important to make this point? You're trying to say it's impossible to do routine maintenance, and I think that's ridiculous on some level (like you know better than me what I'm capable of). Eight minute abs, man! Maybe if you're including full tire service in that equation, I can see where you're coming from.

 

Well, I got some good comments otherwise, and learned a few things myself, thanks.

 

Now, where was I? Right, I think as far as backing nuts off a full turn prior to retorque, I'll save that procedure for when I want to try using torque seal on them, and get a breaker bar for that too (or make that a torque multiplier). It would take at least twice as long, but should save time afterward, and would ensure they were fully retorqued. Just depends on if I'm using a particular set of wheels enough to go there.

Actually I may do a test with that. Measuring the difference in thread protrusion between torquing on a nut without loosening it and then backing it off and retorquing. That could tell me if it gets torqued more than the wrench would read on a tight one.

Guess I'll just try the torque seal on one wheel to see if lasts before going crazy with it. May test out a grease pencil also, not sure if I really need a gob of something on there or just a mark for it to stay.

 

You know what, it isn't really that much of a weight bearing activity, because you're only holding the 18 pounds for a couple seconds at a time while repositioning the socket, which then supports its weight on the nut. Just saying, it probably isn't comparable to holding a sledge hammer for ten, then. Pretty obvious too in that video, if you're watching the wrench, the guy had both hands off of it going back and forth, and torqued it one handed.

If this translates into me getting out of breath and having to take a break between each wheel, I have no idea why, or what else people are doing with the thing, but maybe there's a wrong way to use it too. Good body mechanics should be enough to avoid strain.

 

At least it's cool out this time of year, a good time to get used to it.

 

I'll probably use an 8 or 10 inch extension. If you're saying everyone in the industry is using them wrong (for having an extension on there), I don't believe you. Reading around, there's always someone who says that, so someone had to say it.