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[CaptainZok]

Just had a puncture in the works van, as we don't carry a spare it was ATS to the rescue.
On returning to the depot I read the paperwork to find the tyre fitting ape had signed to say he had torqued the wheelnuts to 160 Nm, but he only used the windygun so either;
A, ATS have calibrated impact wrenches on their service vehicles.
B, The lying muppet just did it up to max torque and called it a day.

Why do these companies employ such rather knuckle draggers?

[miggy]

Just had a puncture in the works van, as we don't carry a spare it was ATS to the rescue.
On returning to the depot I read the paperwork to find the tyre fitting ape had signed to say he had torqued the wheelnuts to 160 Nm, but he only used the windygun so either;
A, ATS have calibrated impact wrenches on their service vehicles.
B, The lying muppet just did it up to max torque and called it a day.

Why do these companies employ such rather knuckle draggers?

rather idiots they are, the daughters boyfriend took to have his new alloys balanced again, he went to ATS.

I changed his pads and discs yesterday, i had to use an 18" extension bar to remove the studs, they should only be done up to 90Nm, these rather dic"heads dont understand that doing them up this tight does more harm than good.

 

[Debs.]

Pay.....Peanuts.....& Monkeys come to mind!  

[miggy]

Pay.....Peanuts.....& Monkeys come to mind!  

I would call them Gorillas the way the studs were done up...

[CaptainZok]

Pay.....Peanuts.....& Monkeys come to mind!  

I would call them Gorillas the way the studs were done up...

Impact wrench set to max torque and its easy to do Pete.
Aparently from todays proceedings 4 clicks of the clutch is 160Nm.

[miggy]

Pay.....Peanuts.....& Monkeys come to mind!  

I would call them Gorillas the way the studs were done up...

Impact wrench set to max torque and its easy to do Pete.
Aparently from todays proceedings 4 clicks of the clutch is 160Nm.

Pri*ks... Just let one of them damage my polished alloys   I always insist they use a torque wrence and not the air gun.

[Kevin Wood]

A windy wrench is never going to give a calibrated torque setting no matter what they say. It's very disturbing that they didn't at least check it with a torque wrench afterwards, even if they were, as usual, only confirming that they had tightened it to at least the safe torque setting.

If he'd picked up a worn wrench or the air pressure was low it could have only given you 50 lb.ft.

I'd go out and check the torque if I were you.

Kevin

[CaptainZok]

A windy wrench is never going to give a calibrated torque setting no matter what they say. It's very disturbing that they didn't at least check it with a torque wrench afterwards, even if they were, as usual, only confirming that they had tightened it to at least the safe torque setting.

If he'd picked up a worn wrench or the air pressure was low it could have only given you 50 lb.ft.

I'd go out and check the torque if I were you.

Kevin

Company van Kevin, I'll get our local fitter to check em when he's in the depot.

[markey mark]

there isnt such a thing as a calibrated windy gun matey !! what a bunch of muppetts !!

[CaptainZok]

there isnt such a thing as a calibrated windy gun matey !! what a bunch of muppetts !!

LOL must be mate ATS have em  
Frightening think is the same chimp will be called out to change truck tyres too.

[zippo]

The wife took mine our car to have new tyres to day .just nipped out to have a quick look see at them .Didn't get that far because i was dancing around the car in a proper rage ,both front wheels are mess, scratch and pitted .Some one at ATS is going to get it in the morning .

[CaptainZok]

The wife took mine our car to have new tyres to day .just nipped out to have a quick look see at them .Didn't get that far because i was dancing around the car in a proper rage ,both front wheels are mess, scratch and pitted .Some one at ATS is going to get it in the morning .

This herbert was from their Heap Bridge depot according to the paperwork, looks like his colleagues are trained to a similar standard at your local one.

[zippo]

The wife took mine our car to have new tyres to day .just nipped out to have a quick look see at them .Didn't get that far because i was dancing around the car in a proper rage ,both front wheels are mess, scratch and pitted .Some one at ATS is going to get it in the morning .

This herbert was from their Heap Bridge depot according to the paperwork, looks like his colleagues are trained to a similar standard at your local one.

surely its just as easy to do a job right than to make a town halls of it .Its not as though its rocket science is it. what a bunch of throbbers

[Darth Loo-knee]

there isnt such a thing as a calibrated windy gun matey !! what a bunch of muppetts !!

There is I'm afraid, we use them everyday at work

[markey mark]

there isnt such a thing as a calibrated windy gun matey !! what a bunch of muppetts !!

There is I'm afraid, we use them everyday at work

only with metered air pressure and deffo not in tyre bay bud !!