Izzyandsue
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Wheel Nut Failure
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I just put new tires on one of my cars and prior to taking it in I took each wheel off and removed all the stick-on weights and detailed the wheels inside and out. I made sure to torque them to proper specs and when I went to the tire store I insisted they use a torque wrench for this very reason. As well, I've had to do the old pipe on the breaker bar to get nuts off at times....the thought of trying to do this on the roadside or trail with the included tire iron (or even my iron cross) is scary if they have been torqued down too much.
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If you had to do that, I would NEVER go to that shop again and also let them know specifically why. 105 lb-ft is the factory spec and would not require such a long lever even for a child.
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Wish I could, but it's the dealer, warranty work will have me there again. I keep my expectations very low when it comes to dealer service dept, and not just LR, but any car I have ever had. Maybe it's just my luck, even last week my wife came home from Fiat "studio" after going there to program new key fob, and the hood wasn't latched. Why did they open the hood to program key? and why they leave it unlatched? I will never know, all I know it's i don't expect them to do much more, just my experience.
As a Mech E, I now the importance of specs, so best defense is to verify what you can, do the work yourself as much as possible, and hope for the rest. Their purpose is to get you in and out fast to get the next customer in, make money.
One of my favorites is tire inflation charge for nitrogen, asking the tech what percent nitrogen is the fill tank, they say "80 percent or so". Guess what, the free air we breath is 78 percent.
As a Mech E, I now the importance of specs, so best defense is to verify what you can, do the work yourself as much as possible, and hope for the rest. Their purpose is to get you in and out fast to get the next customer in, make money.
One of my favorites is tire inflation charge for nitrogen, asking the tech what percent nitrogen is the fill tank, they say "80 percent or so". Guess what, the free air we breath is 78 percent.
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