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From: Built_Well on 21 Oct 2007 13:10 Ray O wrote: > If the lug nuts are only finger-tight or snug, the wheel may not be seated > properly. The Camry's manual assumes that the owner is smart enough to make > sure that the wheel is properly seated before lowering. ======== When it comes to tightening the wheel's lug nuts, the main difference between what the Camry manual recommends and what the book "Auto Upkeep" says concerns when to tighten the nuts completely with a wrench. "Auto Upkeep" says to completely tighten after you lower the wheels so the tires /just/ barely touch the ground but before the car is completely lowered. The Camry manual says to lower the car completely first. You'd have to read closely to discern the difference.
From: Nobody Important on 21 Oct 2007 14:50 Ray O wrote: > "Nobody Important" <Dr.Xenon1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:fffso8$uc7$1(a)aioe.org... >> Why do you only tighten the lug nuts finger-tight while the car is in the >> air, and wait until it is lowered to tighten them to their final torque? >> I always tighten them to their final torques (in a star pattern) while the >> car is in the air, and I know that when the car is on the lift at the >> service centre, they do the same. > > If the wheel is not in contact with the ground, tightening the lug nuts with > a wrench just spins the entire wheel. if you have an impact gun, this is > not a problem. Oh, thanks. I always put the parking brake on and have the transmission in park, so my wheels don't spin.
From: Ray O on 21 Oct 2007 14:53 "Nobody Important" <Dr.Xenon1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ffg72g$rbe$1(a)aioe.org... > Ray O wrote: >> "Nobody Important" <Dr.Xenon1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:fffso8$uc7$1(a)aioe.org... >>> Why do you only tighten the lug nuts finger-tight while the car is in >>> the air, and wait until it is lowered to tighten them to their final >>> torque? I always tighten them to their final torques (in a star pattern) >>> while the car is in the air, and I know that when the car is on the lift >>> at the service centre, they do the same. >> >> If the wheel is not in contact with the ground, tightening the lug nuts >> with a wrench just spins the entire wheel. if you have an impact gun, >> this is not a problem. > > Oh, thanks. I always put the parking brake on and have the transmission > in park, so my wheels don't spin. That may work in a vehicle with front wheel drive, but for a rear wheel drive vehicle, the front wheels will spin unless you have to have someone inside the vehicle to apply the brakes. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Nobody Important on 21 Oct 2007 16:06 Ray O wrote: > That may work in a vehicle with front wheel drive, but for a rear wheel > drive vehicle, the front wheels will spin unless you have to have someone > inside the vehicle to apply the brakes. Oh sorry, I was reading this in a Camry newsgroup - all our cars are FWD.
From: aarcuda69062 on 21 Oct 2007 17:02
In article <471b644e$0$90439$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com>, Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > mred wrote: > > > ....a shop broke a wheel stud trying to get a flat tire off my car... > ======== > > I hope the shop fixed the wheel stud free of charge? Why should it be free of charge? |