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Old 07-19-2007, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by EaTmYtAiLpIpEs
I don't torque my wheels. I think a 300lb compressor with the impact gets them on tight enough ;-)
Go read the thread from a few weeks ago where a Super Duty owner was towing a trailer across the Bay Bridge in San Fransisco and all his lugs sheared off of a rear wheel. He lost a wheel, he suspects because he rotated his own tires and overtightened the lug nuts.

He managed to get the truck and trailer off of the bridge without hitting anyone or anything, not sure how but he did.