So Tire Rotaion does not inclue tighting Lug Nuts anymore
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A good practice is to repeat the same sequence when putting wheels on. Lug nuts are barely started, tightened in two steps, left front first then move in a clockwise pattern. Boring but efficient.
The most important thing is a test drive WITH THE RADIO OFF.
The most important thing is a test drive WITH THE RADIO OFF.
Don't forget about oil drain plugs and filters. Plus be sure that the lug nut haven't been tightened to 300 foot pounds and you will never get them off with the wrench supplied with the vehicle if you have a flat. I have a torque wrench and anytime some one else works on a tire I always go back and loosen the nuts and tighten them with my torque wrench.
Bangswitch
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One time I got in a wreck and had body work done. The car looked ok from the outside when I drove it off the body shop's lot. One day when I needed to turn around I pulled into a parking space on the side of a business and backed up onto the road again to turn around a guy came running towards my car frantically waving. He pointed to the space I just backed out of and there on the ground was my front bumper cover. It seems the body shop forgot to put in the twenty or so small screws that hold the bumper cover in place so when I backed up it just slid off the front of the car.
This phenomena of not putting stuff back together correctly is actually something relatively new. I started noticing this crap here and there several years ago. It's not just automobiles either.
I cannot express in words how pissed off I get when I notice that a mechanic left a nut here or a bolt there, a screw, a fastener, or anything off of the reassembly. I have resorted to fixing my own crap most of the time for this reason alone and I have less free time than most people.
The saddest thing about this is if you are a good mechanic (way better than okay), you can name your salary. Just the truck repairs centers I use can't keep up with the workload. Chief complaint? Not enough mechanics. WTF?
A good mechanic NEVER leaves stuff off of a reassembly, a hack does! Apparently there are a crap ton of those out there.
As for Michigan, I hope this doesn't mean they vote blue this time around. Morons!
I cannot express in words how pissed off I get when I notice that a mechanic left a nut here or a bolt there, a screw, a fastener, or anything off of the reassembly. I have resorted to fixing my own crap most of the time for this reason alone and I have less free time than most people.
The saddest thing about this is if you are a good mechanic (way better than okay), you can name your salary. Just the truck repairs centers I use can't keep up with the workload. Chief complaint? Not enough mechanics. WTF?
A good mechanic NEVER leaves stuff off of a reassembly, a hack does! Apparently there are a crap ton of those out there.
As for Michigan, I hope this doesn't mean they vote blue this time around. Morons!
Danny Abear
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Good mechanics are rare, there is an abundance of 'parts changers' tho
RaleighReloader
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Back in the late 80's when I took auto mechanics in high school, we were practically whipped if we didn't double-check the lug nuts with a torque wrench once the car was on the ground. To this day, I still do that whenever I remove a wheel.
Relying on lawyers and judges for common sense is like wishing for the tooth fairy.
Mike
Relying on lawyers and judges for common sense is like wishing for the tooth fairy.
Mike
Gator 45/70
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Shoot man,F'k ups have been around since the dinosaur's and Fred Flintstone.
Had a shop change the oil and rotate the tires,I pay up and head down the road,5 minutes later I start hearing this Thock,Thock Thock sound.
I pull over and check out the truck,Yep only 2 lug nuts holding the front tire on.
I walk to the auto parts place and make a phone call to the oil change place I had just left,Then I buy some more lug nuts.
Put em on and go back to the tire shop,Dudes like at first he tried to crawfish out of buying a new mag but a blind man could see the holes were wallowed out.
So I stay on his ass until he manned up and bought a new mag.
Now I walk around and look at the lug nuts before I leave the place doing the work.....
Had a shop change the oil and rotate the tires,I pay up and head down the road,5 minutes later I start hearing this Thock,Thock Thock sound.
I pull over and check out the truck,Yep only 2 lug nuts holding the front tire on.
I walk to the auto parts place and make a phone call to the oil change place I had just left,Then I buy some more lug nuts.
Put em on and go back to the tire shop,Dudes like at first he tried to crawfish out of buying a new mag but a blind man could see the holes were wallowed out.
So I stay on his ass until he manned up and bought a new mag.
Now I walk around and look at the lug nuts before I leave the place doing the work.....
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