Originally Posted by
bluetoy
Actually lug nut torque is an inspection item and is a fine for under and over torqued lugs.Those torque bars are the worst idea ever invented. My brother proved to the tire shop that they are complete garbage after a 3/4" 1400 ft/lb impact could not remove his lugs after they were "torqued" using torque bars. Went to the tire shop and got the shop foreman to torque his wheels using a torque bar. A few hits with the impact and stop... Torque pretty good. Jam the impact back on it and give more hits and the wheel was torqued to over 1200 ft/lbs using the same torque bar. Shop foreman grabbed all the torque bars and threw them in the garbage. Now they all use a torque wrench and they must see movement before the wrench clicks.