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>On Wed, 28 Sep 1994, Mike Busby wrote:
>> You won't chuckle when your out in the desert in the summer in west Texas,
>> 100 miles from the nearest person and can't get the lug nuts off because
>> the VW dealer that rotated your tires used 500 ft/lb of torque to
>> put them back on.  Ask me how I know...
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>No, I'll shake my head in wonder.
>I just tried to rotate the tires on my van, and got a knock in the head 
>trying to turn the lug nuts.  What insanity.  I noticed that there was a 
>lug that was broken off in the left rear, so I didn't even bother 
>trying.  I'll take that to a mechanic.
>
>It's exactly my point, however.  We carry spare tires in our cars, but what
>average driver is going to have the tools to take a tire off when they're
>torqued so tightly.  My standard lug wrench wouldn't do it.  My wife once
>asked me what she should do if she gets a flat tire in a car.  I said call a
>garage.  I think changing tires on the road is a dubious, risky and futile
>process.
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>
> --
>Gerry
>Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379
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...and in today's megalopolises (megalopoly?), a dangerous process to boot.

Joachim
beekj@smd6.jsc.nasa.gov
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