Originally Posted by Black_Thunder
Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog
Like almost every other tire shop, they zip on the lug nuts with an air gun
Other than that, they're no better or worse than anyone else.
The only places that torque it right are DT and Walmart.
what is considered the right way?
Where I used to work we used torque sticks on the impacts where it was tightened initially, then a 2nd employee would torque them with a torque wrench and then initial the RO that the torque was done. and then when the customer paid for the work done they were informed that they should come back in 100 miles (they signed the notice saying this) to have the lugnuts retorqued free of charge.
where I work now (trucking fleet company) we use a 1 inch impact and socket to tighten them in a specific sequence and then torque them to 500 ft lbs. more often then not the lugnuts are not at 500 ft lbs and are brought up to 500 ft lbs with the torque wrench.
An independent tire shop I like a lot follows the 100 mile retorque policy...unfortunately, I almost never head in their direction from home if I am not specifically visiting them so I always tell them I will most likely be doing the retorque myself. I have a decent Kobalt 1/2" drive torque wrench now that I trust well enough.
The tire shop tells me that as long as I sign the slip, the liability is on me instead of them...fine with me.
I asked them once if they sold the torque wrenches their employees use (they do have a small tool section and I bought a telescoping lug wrench from them for emergency use) and they told me that it would be crazy for me to pay that much money for a tool that I wouldn't be using all day, every day!