Hi all!
Last fall the wife got her flat tire serviced while I was away. When I got back I thought I'd put the winter tires on. Surprise! I couldn't get the lug nuts off!
I had to pull out a 3 foot breaker bar and lean on it til they loosened! The Shop said they always use color coded Torque Sticks with their impact guns.
After reading the PDF below I asked the shop to use a manual 'click' torque wrench to undo the rest of the lugs, turned out it took 300 Ft/Lbs on average! The mechanic was surprised and mad the torque sticks he just bought don't work as claimed. Mechanics use impact guns to undo lug nuts so they'd never know how much force is needed if a car is stuck on the side of the road!
Check this PDF and try the at-home torque test and see if you agree:
Are there any Torque Sticks that truly works?
"BAD NEWS: TORQUE STICKS n’ IMPACT GUNS"
Link: https://app.box.com/s/g8s47dm0woyz65ybundz
Last fall the wife got her flat tire serviced while I was away. When I got back I thought I'd put the winter tires on. Surprise! I couldn't get the lug nuts off!
I had to pull out a 3 foot breaker bar and lean on it til they loosened! The Shop said they always use color coded Torque Sticks with their impact guns.
After reading the PDF below I asked the shop to use a manual 'click' torque wrench to undo the rest of the lugs, turned out it took 300 Ft/Lbs on average! The mechanic was surprised and mad the torque sticks he just bought don't work as claimed. Mechanics use impact guns to undo lug nuts so they'd never know how much force is needed if a car is stuck on the side of the road!
Check this PDF and try the at-home torque test and see if you agree:
Are there any Torque Sticks that truly works?
"BAD NEWS: TORQUE STICKS n’ IMPACT GUNS"
Link: https://app.box.com/s/g8s47dm0woyz65ybundz