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Old June 22nd 20, 06:47 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Tim R
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Default Torque Wrench Safety Question

On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 8:26:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> Bump...


I needed to pass inspection to sell a car in Germany, just had to swap two tires with ones I had.

I put a cheater pipe on the lug wrench and jumped up and down on the pipe, couldn't budge it. Went to the auto shop on base, borrowed their air wrench, and broke them loose. Changed the tires and was going to torque the new lug nuts on properly, but the shop guy was ready to close up, came running over and put them on with the wrench to "help" me. They seem to think the spec is the minimum and there is no maximum.
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