Do ya? I mean lug nuts? Do you buzz them on with a impact or torque them?

Pros and cons? I personally use an impact with a torque tube...

impact set just right. :D

Impact. :p

Torque wrench!! Ever watch a wheel pass you on the street? I have torqued them properly ever since. :D

Torque the aluminum ones. Impact the steels ones

It takes what, another 5 mins to torque them??? Its your wheels, rotors, and pads...The wheels/tires are the only thing connecting everything above it to the ground...So why not just take the extra minute to do it?

Originally posted by MattS
Torque wrench!! Ever watch a wheel pass you on the street? I have torqued them properly ever since. :D

Yep. And Im still lazy enough to use an Impact. :flipoff2:

After 10+ years using my gun to do most everything i have a good feel- use the impact and spot check 1 or 2 - and your on your way- Jess :D

I am using my 500 foot pound impact so I dont think it will be a problem. HAHAHAHA and no I am not worried about breaking a lug stud because I dont have pussy axles anymore.

I take it down to Winston Tire or other reputable tire stores and have qualified mechanics do the work. It's much safer this way. The owner's manual says so. :)

Originally posted by Outlaw99TJ
Torque the aluminum ones. Impact the steels ones

What he said. Torqueing should minimize rotor warpage, as well.

Bryan

I dont have a torque wrench. I just use a standard breaker bar. I know when it feels like 95-100 ft lbs. :D

Yeah....
I have always on all my cars and such used the bar and tightened untill MY NUTS felt kind of funny:eek: then well after the swelling went down, figured that they were tight!

Of course you try to criss-cross as best as possible to "walk" the bolt circle....right?;)

I don't, she DOES!:D

Originally posted by JR
I take it down to Winston Tire or other reputable tire stores and have qualified mechanics do the work. It's much safer this way. The owner's manual says so. :)

I'd pay to see you take your rig into some chain store alighnment shop, and tell them "it has a slight shimmy at 50 mph could you take a look at it"

Ha Ha Ha Ha.....

I worked with this guy who would take his rigs in to the tire store to check his air pressure:rainbow: :rainbow: :rainbow:

He said that he trusted their "judgement".

Bigg Chebby with like 48,000" tires...you know the type when you see them!:flipoff2:

I weigh a little over 100lbs and the lug wrench has about 1' levarage sounds good to me!

Originally posted by Lance


Yep. And Im still lazy enough to use an Impact. :flipoff2:

Ditto LOL

I'm a little paranoid about them so it's the torque wrench every time. Never even had a loose one.

I never torque mine. I use a 4-way or breaker bar. Never had problems. All our vehicles are 4WD though…..

I read a service bulletin recently in a tech mag and it stated that use of impacts, even with torque sticks could cause rotor warping problems on late model cars. What often happens is that the service tech tightens one lug nut with the wheel slightly unseated off the wheel hub. The nut tends to grab and hold the wheel in the cocked position. Then he slams another lug nut on and pulls the wheel over, stressing the first stud. This and other lug nuts randomly installed and tightened can warp the thin rotors on late model cars.

I don’t think this is much concern on the beefier wheel hubs and rotors we deal with….

Jay

I have seen a lot of warped rotors. Hell, they're hard enough to keep true even if you do torque them.

I always use a torque wrench.

Now, if I could just make myself use the grease gun......:D

impact with a tourqu stick

lost the stick

now just tourqu wrench

If you're pneumatic impact gun isn't able to get over 70-80 ft-lbs with a few hammers, there's something wrong between the compressor and the gun.

We torque the lugs on the race cars only because we DON'T want them over 70 ft-lbs otherwise we waste time in the pits getting the wheels off.

cm "impact treats me well" k

I use a torque wrench (don't you just love 8 lug axles...)
I have a pretty good feel for it as well, but sometimes, if i'm a bit tired, i wouldn't stress the nuts enough, or if i'm somewhat aggrevated i might break something. I just don't risk it.

Torque wrench here.........eeerrrrrr...click-click.....:smokin:

The key is consistency. It's difficult to do by hand, but I bet you could come close with an impact.

Bryan

Originally posted by Oxjockey
The key is consistency. It's difficult to do by hand, but I bet you could come close with an impact.

Bryan

Hmmmm...in a stepped cross-pattern?

Jay