On Wed, 28 Sep 94 16:16:14 CDT David Carment said: >Have been told and confirmed through experience that Vanagon lug nuts are >self tightening. After a while on the road you will need either an impact >wrench or a 3 ft torsion bar to get them off no matter if they were hand >tightened in the first place. DC ???? mine don't do that. i think all lug nuts will tighten up a little bit, IF they are put on close-to-specs in the first place. but not to the point of impact-wrench required to remove. mine have never required more than the lug wrench to get off, even though when i put them on (around the house), i use a torque wrench and set them at 123 ft-lbs (like the book says). what's really funny is that the lug wrench sets them to almost exactly that torque, if i pull down until it won't turn any more. kinda neat. joel
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