Airguns and tyrefitters

What's it matter how tight they are. As long as they don't fall off tis all good. You also get upset if they put the wrong type of air in as well?

Omg this air has way too much co2 and not enough nitrogen I would never use this tyre fitter again....
 
Because it puts too much stress on the bolts and they can break. Pretty much every bolt on a car has a torque rating which should be followed.
 
Jumper118 said:
What's it matter how tight they are. As long as they don't fall off tis all good. You also get upset if they put the wrong type of air in as well?

Omg this air has way too much co2 and not enough nitrogen I would never use this tyre fitter again....
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your mechanical ignorance is amusing :D

Trying to make fun of the OP about something you don't understand makes you joke.
 
Jumper118 said:
What's it matter how tight they are. As long as they don't fall off tis all good. You also get upset if they put the wrong type of air in as well?

Omg this air has way too much co2 and not enough nitrogen I would never use this tyre fitter again....
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Oh this post is so full of fail.
 
Stripped a locking nut key once because the dealer air-gunned the nuts on. If they can't be removed with the tools in the car it's too tight, I don't want to be calling the breakdown service if I get a flat tyre (lots of bad potholes around here) because a nut is on too tight.
 
I had my wheels refurbed a couple of months ago and the guys there were saying that they dont torque locking wheel nuts incase they destroy the head which i found interesting.
 
theone8181 said:
I had my wheels refurbed a couple of months ago and the guys there were saying that they dont torque locking wheel nuts incase they destroy the head which i found interesting.
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Yes the fit on many locking wheelnuts doesn't feel very square.

I press on the back of the wrench to support the socket when tightening.
 
Had this with VW recently too. Ended up with a puncture in a rear tyre while on holiday, a few days after having my car in for a major service where VW removed the rear wheels and I can only assume air-gunned them back on. No matter how much I tried I could not get the nuts undone!

I hate seeing it and doing it because changing a wheel isn't massively difficult, but I had to call out breakdown assist to help me and even they struggled between them.
 
I always use my airgun to remove/put back the wheels on my car, but on the lowest torque setting. So I can torque them afterward manually. The guys at my 'protyre' shop in Slough do the same, and it seems to work well.
 
Dis86 said:
Oh this post is so full of troll.
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FTFY...

theone8181 said:
I had my wheels refurbed a couple of months ago and the guys there were saying that they dont torque locking wheel nuts incase they destroy the head which i found interesting.
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Probably had a bunch of failures previously... Not every manufacturer of such things realises that cheese is not a good material from which to make car parts.
Case in point, certain motorcycle oil sumps... Yamaha, I'm looking at you.
 
I tried a different fitter recently knowing full well it was more of a back street type place.

I had just bought a new locking wheel nut key as mine had been stolen, they buzzed the nuts on and then used a torque wrench that clicked instantly. Nearly broke the new key getting one wheel loose.

I don't torque my own wheels, only fit with a 2 foot bar to 'tight' but I'd say that's better than being too tight.
 
Yup... Tyre fitters yesterday buzzed them on :(

I can barely undo them now haha.

Bought some new locking wheel nuts as I'm fed up of mcguard ones cracking the key.
Cba to try to pull the old ones off now incase they kill the key
 
This thread reminds me of this I saw the other day on Reddit. Garage did the one on the right.

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Glanza said:
This thread reminds me of this I saw the other day on Reddit. Garage did the one on the right.

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Wtf, its like an obtical illusion. So thats the threads well and truly stretched, im surprised the bolt didnt shear. It would be interesting to know what Nm that would be, anyone want to try:D?
 
On my old car, the nuts were done up so tight, I couldn’t undo them. Not with the supplied tools, nor with a 3’ extension bar, nor by jacking the car up on the extension bar and using the car’s weight to help...

Only a tyre fitters’ impact gun would undo them. Probably should have changed the bolts - they must have all been stretched slightly.
 
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