Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 19:38:41 EDT
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From: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject: Re: stranded
In response to your self-tightening question. Could it be that the lug
"bolts" are tightened the opposite direction the wheel turns and over
time become tighter? This is what the previous owner told me, and I broke
a socket wrench reaching the same conclusion. The fourway cheapo spanners
are BTW useless for taking off VW lug "bolts". I found slipping the hollow
end of the jack over the wrench gives more torque BTW.
It may also have to do with the greater surface area a lug bolt has (and
potential for rust etc) over a conventional nut. Maybe some engineer can
tell us the physics behind the different designs?
DC
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