Argh bloody rattle guns!!!
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Today I have been changing the front springs on Mrs DS's car (one was broken). That was tedious enough as I had to borry a humungous hydraulic machine as my normal compressors couldn't cope. That was nothing to the other tedium: a couple of weeks ago the front tyres had been changed at home by a certain mobile tyre company (5 letters, starts with E) and while I am very pleased with their service and prices I was less pleased to spend most of the day extracting the 3 broken wheel bolt stubs from the hub 
as they had obviously been mounted with 4 billion nm of torque so when I got my breaker bar and extension pipe 
on the job they snapped off. Why of why do people do this?
(Yes - if I had been there I'd have asked them not to tighten them at all and done it myself - however I wasn't. Never seen any done that tight before though
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Sorry. Very mild rant-ette. Thougt I'd share my misery.
as they had obviously been mounted with 4 billion nm of torque so when I got my breaker bar and extension pipe on the job they snapped off. Why of why do people do this?(Yes - if I had been there I'd have asked them not to tighten them at all and done it myself - however I wasn't. Never seen any done that tight before though
)Sorry. Very mild rant-ette. Thougt I'd share my misery.
That reminds me - quite a while ago (1990 ish) a mate took his pride and joy to KwikFit for tyres. Job done, nuts spun up with an air gun . . . then they stuck a torque wrench on and funnily enough, it clicked . . .
Being an engineering student he questioned the timing of the use of the torque wrench . . and the fact he now couldn't actually get the sod din nuts undone . . .
Took some explaing to kwikfit fitter that air gun torqued the nuts up well past the recommended value, so no surprise the torque wrench indicated they were tight . . .
Bri
Being an engineering student he questioned the timing of the use of the torque wrench . . and the fact he now couldn't actually get the sod din nuts undone . . .
Took some explaing to kwikfit fitter that air gun torqued the nuts up well past the recommended value, so no surprise the torque wrench indicated they were tight . . .
Bri
& on the back of the wheel where it meets the hub if it's an alloy.I always check how they're tightened and recheck the torque when I get home, however this time I wasn't there. I'm assuming he used a gun - if he didn't he has a knackered wrench.
It's occurred to me that it might be a good idea to replace the bolts - who knows how stressed the other ones are....
It's occurred to me that it might be a good idea to replace the bolts - who knows how stressed the other ones are....
I was glad I checked mine when I got home.
Fitter had decided 140 ft/lbs (190 n/m) of torque was appropriate, rather than the 140 n/m recommended. One stud was nearly stripped. I would never have got them undone at the roadside with the standard wheelbrace.
Even the locking wheelnuts were tightened to over 100 ft/lb. Muppets.
Fitter had decided 140 ft/lbs (190 n/m) of torque was appropriate, rather than the 140 n/m recommended. One stud was nearly stripped. I would never have got them undone at the roadside with the standard wheelbrace.
Even the locking wheelnuts were tightened to over 100 ft/lb. Muppets.
I would complain to company.
I've used the company you mentioned before and they were extremely professional. When the fitter didn't have the torque figures listed for my car he asked me.
As with most large chain companies it depends on who you get whoever I believe that E***** take customer feedback seriously so have a word.
I've used the company you mentioned before and they were extremely professional. When the fitter didn't have the torque figures listed for my car he asked me.
As with most large chain companies it depends on who you get whoever I believe that E***** take customer feedback seriously so have a word.
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