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Have you got over tightened lug nuts from a repair shop?

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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 05:58 PM
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Default Have you got over tightened lug nuts from a repair shop?

I used to think I was the only one from a long time ago, until last night when I helped an old lady (my neighbor) to change her tires. All of the lug nuts on her wheel were terribly over tighten. I had to rely on the wrench till I twisted the last thread of the lug nut. One of them studs was cross-threaded too.
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 08:43 PM
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One of the reasons I hate letting other people touch my car is from when I was a wee little tyke, and my dad rode around with a broken stud* because a tire shop *started* all his lug nuts with the impact gun.



*until he went back and made them replace the stud, free.
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