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[Nick W]

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which is why I always use a torquewrench on mine.

Honestly? Cross your heart ....... etc?

The last time I used a torque wrench for a wheel nut was to show my lad what the the correct torque felt like when you winged it with the wheel brace. I re-fitted a wheel just this afternoon on my daughter's car with an un-extended extendable brace. 

Yes. It hangs on the wall, and using it and putting it away means I know the whole job is finished.

[Andy B]

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Yes. It hangs on the wall, and using it and putting it away means I know the whole job is finished.

 

[TheBoy]

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which is why I always use a torquewrench on mine.

Honestly? Cross your heart ....... etc? 

The last time I used a torque wrench for a wheel nut was to show my lad what the the correct torque felt like when you winged it with the wheel brace. I re-fitted a wheel just this afternoon on my daughter's car with an un-extended extendable brace. 

Yeah, if I'm at home. If I'm not, they get loosened and re-torqued when I get home.

I know way 110Nm is (ish), but I like it to be right, given that I sometimes drive quite briskly, and as Nick W says, its part of the routine that you know you've finished.

[frostbite]

I use a short 12" breaker bar to loosen off (stays in the car) then a hellfrauds torque wrench to do up and it's not let me down yet and it's all because I can't work out the angle gauge 

[terry paget]

I have known overtightened and probably rusty wheel nuts defy hexagon sockets no matter how long the breaker bar, the socket eventually twisting off the nut. What shifts them is a big impact wrench, delivering a complete torque.

[YZ250]

...... I have a cheapy extending wheel brace with a reverseable 17 19 socket on it .... 17 for the car & 19 for the caravan 

I did have one of these until recently and for the same reason, car and caravan wheel bolts. 
My lad used it to undo a hub nut on the truck, instead of using my long breaker bar.  I now have an extending metal stick, as the square bit sheared off.