[DeTomaso] Torque question

[asajay at asajay.com]

Boyd, thanks for the clarification, though I still don't understand  
why they would recommend that much.

Asa Jay

Quoting boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>:

> Asa,
> This guy wasn't at a tire shop (he may have one) but I only dealt with him
> online. He is the vendor I had make my wheels.
> Boyd
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>
>> Quoting:
>>
>> > Quoting a torque setting of 75 ft/lb and then saying go 100 ft/lb is
>> >  a little ludicrous, this is not a situation where you want to go
>> > that bit extra for 'safety'.
>>
>> Sounds like a lame way to indicate they aren't even using a torque
>> wrench for final torque.  Here is what I have observed on several
>> occasions at the tire shop:
>>
>> They zip the lug nuts on with an air wrench.  They then follow behind
>> with a torque wrench... but nothing ever turns.  i.e. the nuts are
>> already torqued to the value set on the torque wrench and in fact are
>> most likely way overtorqued.  But their "torque wrench pass by hand"
>> validates they are torqued (at least) to the value they have set on
>> their torque wrench.
>>
>> It bugs the crap out of me every time I see them do this.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
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