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(# 550) (more from Troll) on Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:28:33
In Reply to: There's no tourque for lug nuts., KeithR, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:03:40

I specifically told the bloke - please do it by hand... and to 110 ft/lb. He said that his air tool was set to 110. !!!?!?!??? already. I told him that there was no way to calibrate the one he had as it was a cheapie. I let him go ahead...and then pulled out a torque wrench set to 80 ft/lb out of my trunk. Tried to loosen the lugs...no go until I set the wrench to 155 ft/lb. He said my wrench was out od calibration. What a bloody fool.

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  - thats not that much of a stretch, nickR, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 20:15:02
- "You'll Blow Your Turbo!!", Seerwah, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:19:32
- $800 for front brakes, Adam Dawson, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:56:58
- From a Volkswagen service advisor to a customer who..., Wavey, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:43:46
- "I'll tell you what it needs, but I won't do the work.", KL, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:47:38
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, Wayne, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:12:12
- "With those Saab front brakes..., JohnC, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:09:09
  - Actually they stopped using the shoed e-brakes in>, DougM , Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:43:39
    - And guess what? They started again..., Eric Law, Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:58:21
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, Eric Law, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:55:08
- There's no tourque for lug nuts., KeithR, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:03:40
  - For what it's worth..., Eric Law, Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:02:38
  - Yeah... the buggers did it to me...>>, Troll , Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:28:33
  - Re: There's no tourque for lug nuts., John Davies, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:20:59
    - Re: There's no tourque for lug nuts., Dave Westlake, Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:45:39
- here's a bad story from my days of youth as a.., RickP, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:53:51
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, compaqted, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:43:37
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, sturz, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:40:54
  - Toyota Dealers are notorious, Randy Thatcher , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 15:03:35
    - BMW dealers are pathetic, compaqted, Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:18:51
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, mateored, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:26:50
- Worst Line I've Heard from a Mechanic?, Scalera, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:26:18
- Re: What's the Worst Line You've Heard from a Mechanic?, RS , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:56:09
- A Jeep dealership recommended..., Bob M, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:54:55
  - spelling...., Richard Miller, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:39:48
- "It's all one piece these days" >>, Dinger, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:47:36
  - Yep, reminds me of a sign I saw in a transmission shop, Rob 85 Turbo, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:16:17
    - Our sign says," If we can't fix it, we won't " n/m, Anders, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:30:22
      - Anders. Where are you?? n/m, Texron , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:35:50
- "You're not putting it into reverse properly.", Dave Westlake, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:38:50
- Honest, I wouldn't try to do that to your wife!, Texron , Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:46:42
  - Re: worst lines from mechanic, paulh, Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:55:30

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