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Originally Posted by T4R03
No worries I saw the guy torque them. I was actually cringing bc he overtorqued them with the impact. Good ok tire shops hiring anybody lol.
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The only way to torque a nut or bolt properly is with a torque wrench, an impact is for removing the fastener and initial tightening, any more then that and you will always have over tightened nuts and bolts, I always watch them when they remove, replace and or rotate my tires...if they don't use a torque wrench or I see that if they do and don't still tighten the lugs a little bit more because they are already over tightened I immediately bring it to someone's attention (usually the manager) to have them torque them properly, and I still check them with my own torque wrench when I get home!
Too many tire stores over tighten lug nuts because they just use impacts and no torque wrench, this will over time stretch the studs and could cause them to break at some point and could happen while you're driving.