Hi All,

I once had new radial R tires installed on a '79 loaf and insisted on
standing by the tire replacement action (brought my own safety glasses). I
mentioned to the installer that I wanted a torque wrench used to tighten the
wheel nuts and he said "OK, no problem". A moment later I swear I heard his
ask a workmate, what's a torque wrench???? I immediately took up the issue
with the service manager and they found the shop's torque wrench and used
it. Was the tool even accurate? When I got home I loosened and retorqued the
wheel nuts with MY torque wrench.

While it is espressly discouraged by VW, I put a SMALL amount of oil on the
threads before torqueing wheel bolts or nuts to be sure the applied torque
is reached evenly on all wheel fasteners. 133 ft. lbs. to one wheel bolt may
only be 100 ft. lbs. to the next due to corrosion. Any pneumatiic
overtightening is the work of untrained laymen usually working flatrate.

Regards,     John

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