WOW James !!
Those things must have been really tight!! I worked at a VW?Porsche dealer
in the late 60's as a Mechanics Apprentice and one thing we were constantly
told was to *Never* use a air wrench to tighten the lug nuts/studs. But
sure enough, a few days would pass, someone would get in a hurry and we'd
hear, "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp POP!" and another stud was broken, leaving the
mechanic to explain *why* he did it and to drill the remainder out. A real
PITA. Never happened to me becaue I didn't have air gun in my took box. ;-)
I guess taking your SDL back to the location the PO used to replace the
tires was not an option? It's always nice to get the offending person to
fix his mistakes!
I know there's reasons not to use antiseize but I will be using either
standard antiseize of some parrafin wax as Dr Booth suggested. We use it to
make chocolate Christmas candy so there's always some here. ;-)
There's just too many horror stories about not using a type of antiseize to
warrant not using it because of concernes over the accuracy of torque
settings. I think I'll double check the torque setting weekly when I check
the air pressure.
Thanks again -
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jetton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anti-Sieze on Lug Bolts
I will never install a lug bolt without anti-seize and a torque wrench.
The previous owner had new tires installed before I picked up the car,
however, he had them installed at a truck tire center. Yep, they used the
big impact wrench. I used my own impact wrench to try and get them off, no
luck. I twisted off 2 bolts before taking it to a trusted tire center.
They called me after twisting off the first bolt, I told them to go ahead
and give the others a shot. At this point I had no other options. The
other 3 broke off as well. After grinding and drilling 5 lug bolts, buying
the Dr. Booth recommended lug bolts (replacement for OEM), I have wheels
that I can get off as needed.
James Jetton
1987 300SDL 139k
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