Summer shoes are back on

[Zooks527]

Swapped out the winter tires for the summers today. I will confess that I only torqued them to 140 ft*lb instead of 150, as my torque wrench tops out at 150 and I never trust anything at the top end of its measuring range.

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[Bikeman315]

Swapped out the winter tires for the summers today. I will confess that I only torques them to 140 ft*lb instead of 150, as my torque wrench tops out at 150 and I never trust anything at the top end of its measuring range.

Buy a new torque wrench cheapskate!

 

[Zooks527]

Buy a new torque wrench cheapskate!

Eh, the only thing I ever tighten that gets that high is the Mustang wheels. Besides, 140 is within the 150+/- 15 spec.

 

[Blufc3s]

Swapped out the winter tires for the summers today. I will confess that I only torqued them to 140 ft*lb instead of 150, as my torque wrench tops out at 150 and I never trust anything at the top end of its measuring range.

I do the same, even though my wrench goes up to 250. The main reason is it may be out x percent in either direction.

 

[Jimmy]

Why is the spec so high anyways? My last car was 80 lb/ft.

I'm about to change my tires tomorrow, supposed to be a warm day. Do you guys think I should bother lubing the brakes while I have the wheels off? I bought the car brand new last april so I'm thinking it'd be a waste of time to do it so soon?

 

[Zooks527]

Why is the spec so high anyways? My last car was 80 lb/ft.

Beat the hell out of me Roy. My Passat and 335 were both around 90, and the 235 was a smaller size bolt at 115. The 150 is higher than anything else I've seen, including my truck.

 

[luc]

Beat the hell out of me Roy. My Passat and 335 were both around 90, and the 235 was a smaller size bolt at 115. The 150 is higher than anything else I've seen, including my truck.

???? 14 mm high grade stud... that’s why

 

[Monopoly]

Nice. Theres a good chance well get snow one more time and temps are low. I probably wont take mine off for another few weeks. Cant wait!

 

[Jimmy]

Nice. Theres a good chance well get snow one more time and temps are low. I probably wont take mine off for another few weeks. Cant wait!

Normally I do the changeover in mid or late April as it can still snow in early April. But I never drive anywhere anymore due to this virus so I'm just gonna change it today. My car hasn't moved for the past 3 weeks except two 5 min drives to the grocery store.

 

[Stephane4985]

You are so lucky. Weather is good here and I would love to have my summer tires on but they are not mounted on wheels so I need a shop for the switch and because of the pandemy, they are all closed. I am itching for a ride but I don't want to go through my winter tires... So all I can do is wash it and look at it!

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