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theholycow wrote:The star pattern is a good practice but generally unnecessary for wheels. As long as you go around and check every nut twice after you finish tightening them you'll be fine. Besides, if you've put on the donut then you're probably not driving far before you get to a professional who will fix the tire and air wrench it on so tight that humans can't remove it.

I have a set of aluminum wheels that always loosen after I mount them. I have to carry a torque wrench for 1000 miles after putting them on. In practice I just keep the torque wrench in the car all the time.
Specially when you can catch 'em for $9.99 at Hebrew Freight. Everyone should have one!

You know that at the vehicle assembly plant, they don't tighten them in a star pattern, right?

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Rope-Pusher wrote:You know that at the vehicle assembly plant, they don't tighten them in a star pattern, right?

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Whoa whoa whoa. You're telling me that the auto companies are assembling their cars incorrectly? This sounds like we need to get a class action lawsuit or something going. We could all be killed by the bolts exploding out of the car!!
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Squint wrote:
Rope-Pusher wrote:You know that at the vehicle assembly plant, they don't tighten them in a star pattern, right?

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Whoa whoa whoa. You're telling me that the auto companies are assembling their cars incorrectly? This sounds like we need to get a class action lawsuit or something going. We could all be killed by the bolts exploding out of the car!!
No, star pattern tightening is the low-cost approximation of multiple-nutrunner tightening. Multiple nutrunner tool is what you would want to use for tightening the clutch cover to the flysheel, F N U could find a coupon M M M M at Hebrew Freight.
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Teehee.... Nutrunner
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61 miles on the odometer. 8)
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AHTOXA wrote:61 miles on the odometer. 8)
time for some 4=>1 downshifts and redline upshifts :twisted:
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Noice.

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Mrs. Frizzle just turned 4004 today.
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750 miles in just a little over two weeks. Been driving a lot lately.
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This happened today:

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^ Wow. It seems impressive, until you realize that on Saturn, it would only be 29,700 miles.
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Im at 194,XXX. Should hit 200k this year.
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watkins wrote:Im at 194,XXX. Should hit 200k this year.
^ Wow. It seems impressive, until you realize that in Sweden, it would be the newest car on the block.
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I'm at 8000 miles on the Fozz since July last year.
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AHTOXA wrote:I'm at 8000 miles on the Fozz since July last year.
You must not drive much. I'm pushing 14k since June.
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