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From: badgolferman on 13 Oct 2007 22:49 Built_Well, 10/13/2007,10:43:30 PM, wrote: > Despite its name, it's not digital > like the $230 Craftsman that has an accuracy of +/- 2 percent CW and > +/- 3 percent CCW, whatever CW and CCW mean. CW = clockwise CCW = counter-clockwise
From: Built_Well on 13 Oct 2007 22:57 badgolferman wrote: > Built_Well wrote: > >> Despite its name, it's not digital >> like the $230 Craftsman that has an accuracy of +/- 2 percent CW and >> +/- 3 percent CCW, whatever CW and CCW mean. > ======== > > CW = clockwise > CCW = counter-clockwise ======== Thanks!
From: Built_Well on 13 Oct 2007 23:33 Ray O wrote: > The Sears Auto Center near my house always installs wheels with > a torque wrench and they make a note on the customer's receipt > that wheel torque should be re-checked after 100 miles. I did > re-check the torque once, and it was right on. ======== Ray, I would have guessed you rotate your own tires, since you change your own cars' oil. I do know that both Sears and Walmart offer /free/ /lifetime/ tire balancing and rotation after you pay for your first, initial balancing and rotation. The cost at the two stores is between $30 and $45, but then, forever after, your balancing and rotations are totally free for that set of tires. The tires don't even have to come from Sears or Walmart. Is that the reason you let Sears rotate your cars' tires? Do you ever do it yourself?
From: Built_Well on 14 Oct 2007 00:39 My local Target store doesn't carry a lot of motor oil, but it does have some. What surprised me was all the 5w-30 Mobil 1 quarts were API SL, the old standard. The only API SM they had for Mobil 1 was 10w-30. An unsuspecting consumer would easily pick up the old stuff. It was priced the same as the SM, $6 per quart
From: Built_Well on 14 Oct 2007 00:45
Built_Well wrote: > > Ray O wrote: > > > The Sears Auto Center near my house always installs wheels with > > a torque wrench and they make a note on the customer's receipt > > that wheel torque should be re-checked after 100 miles. I did > > re-check the torque once, and it was right on. > ======== > > Ray, I would have guessed you rotate your own tires, since you > change your own cars' oil. > > I do know that both Sears and Walmart offer /free/ /lifetime/ > tire balancing and rotation after you pay for your first, initial > balancing and rotation. The cost at the two stores is between > $30 and $45, but then, forever after, your balancing and rotations > are totally free for that set of tires. The tires don't even have > to come from Sears or Walmart. > > Is that the reason you let Sears rotate your cars' tires? Do you > ever do it yourself? ======== Just to clarify, I would have guessed you rotate your cars' tires yourself to be sure the rotations are done properly, accurately, and with high quality. |