Wow, nice to see I'm not the only one that can't get the lug nuts loosened! I am going on a trip and went to Tire Kingdom yesterday to ask them to loosen the lug nuts and hand tighten them, and the manager looked up the required torque and said that VW requires them to tighten to a torque of 123 lbs., which is even tighter than his big truck. Thing is, they usually tighten the bolt for the spare that much too, and at that angle, I can't get any leverage to loosen it. At least with the main tires I can jump up and down on the lug wrench, but weighing in at 122 lbs., that doesn't do me much good either. deb '85 Westy "Gypsy" Look for me on the road between Orlando and Winston-Salem > From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Reply-To: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:00:08 -0400 > To: Recipients of vanagon digests <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Subject: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2003 (#2003-796) > > For those times when some jerk has used an air impact wrench to overtighten > the lug bolts, I have your setup (1/2 inch drive, of course), plus a 4 foot > hollow steel pipe for extra leverage. |
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