Torque: It's the Law 

Very good video!

The tire hitting the car was pretty cool

I use the torque Stik with stubnose 1inch impact ,and yes I oil the lugnut flanges.

How many ugga duggas is right? In a few decades we have never torqued any wheel on our semi trucks, just toss the 1” impact on them, tighten them till it pretty much stops moving them, there’s a distinct noise the gun makes when that happens, never had any wheel problems on 5 trucks in 40years.

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3:34....tire was like "Yup, I did that."

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that old refrain "you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel"

475 ft./lbs. Wow. I didn't realize it was that much.

UPDATE...after 30 years changing wheels I had a near wheel off, the problem is, other factors affect torque and clamping force, they make a valid point but they don't mention rusty studds, refurbished rims with paint runs, out of balance/high runout wheels with no regard for opposing the high spots (duallys)....if you start using a torque multiplier, be aware that the impact wrench, while doing the damage, was also over compensating for alot of other sin, so when you make the switch, get and use the studd brush and retorque/nut checks....you may think you are going by the book when in actuality you are, changing the dynamic...YOU ARE NO LONGER UGGA NUGGA COWBOYS, BUT TIRE/RIM RESERCHERS...

Yep! 30 years as truck driver/mechanic I have never see a tire come clear off!

What do you call that steel use for. Torquing the lug nut of the truck?

I watched a man change a rear wheel on a 96-passenger crown school bus while on a field trip to Death Valley. He tightened the nuts by standing on the end of a 5-foot cheater pipe with all his weight. Then he bounced on it for good measure. I was dumbfounded. But he was the biggest guy there so I was ignored. That was 40-years ago and I still think about it sometimes.

I have messed up with this 2 times, the first time it was 400$ the second 1500$ I was never taught how to properly do this

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If you have used a 1 inch impact on your fleet and decide to do it right by using a torque wrench @475 lbs. would the lugnuts loosen because the stud and nut have already been over torqued? Have they lost there clamping force? This scares me, because when you have a blow out on the road, your at the mercy of the vendor you send out!

I can't say about other places, but it is here. A good quick place to check would be in the vehicle inspection regulations manual of your state (this is probably on the internet in pdf form) under the wheels section. I've never heard of a cop breaking out a torque wrench and checking your lug-nuts before, but you're almost certainly liable for damages if a wheel comes off your vehicle.

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I'll probably never know how much I over torque the wheel fasteners. With older and newer impact guns as well as the state of the fasteners (rusty threads) it's impossible to judge how many impacts gets right into the range of 450-500ft/lbs. More infuriating is because of someone else's negligence at another shop (so many wheel offs in a short time period) all of us are punished with this time consuming policy of 2 techs and driver sign off as witness to manual torquing.

What is the Torque for a light vehicle bus? Could it be the same 475

Check your service manual.

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Which one is a good torque wrench for semi?

Why did he torque first then tight with gun?

I've seen ruined hubs and wheels from improperly tightening of lug nuts but never in a decade of working in the field have I personally seen a wheel off. You'll crack an aluminum wheel long before you break a steel stud on the hub.

Work at great Dane are torque machine has been down for a moth we are just using the impact

Get new bolts or remove the rust...

Anybody know of a place to get commercial tire training like a school

What do you call that torque wrench that use for tightening the truck lugnut

Who is paying mechanic for all this extra work ? Caust savings? Verse labor cause?

If you eat your corn from the other end you'll be save...

Then you let the customer know that they should be retorqued at 100 miles.

watch?v=heiYovdw5Ws start paying attention at around 3:00 there you will see a flying tire.

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I was gonna downvote...because of how that poor little Caddy got ruined. THen I realized, you guys didnt make the vid. And you just want to get people do understand how critical lugnuts are. Still, its painful to watch. It wasnt the best of Caddys but compared to today, its still a nice car.

Blah blah blah. Who uses a moto wheel 8 hole for a torque video? 475 foot pounds is just a standard OEM torque. On a 33 millimeter nut. Which is shown. 1 blip of a normal gun and you're at 500. Now that you've gone to 500. 475 is no longer the mark. Also tightening with a gun at 400 then letting the vehicle down off the Jack and then torquing to 500 which is standard industry. Is unacceptable. Leave the vehicle in the air and torque to 500 foot pounds. In the air. By hand.

Torque is measured in lb/ft not ft/lb.