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Wheel Nuts
Had a puncture in my car tyre repaired .
The guy put the wheel nuts back on using a gun only
I'm just thinking , should he have also check the 'tightness' ( for want of another word ) with a normal wheel nut wrench after using the gun ?
The guy put the wheel nuts back on using a gun only
I'm just thinking , should he have also check the 'tightness' ( for want of another word ) with a normal wheel nut wrench after using the gun ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.working in the trade our guys have high end air guns but they still check with a proper torque wrench, wouldnt trust an air gun anyway all our torque wrenches are numbered/ calibrated/checked by an outside company every 6 months, they DONT calibrate air guns. You are more in danger of over tightening than under tightening we have 3 BMWs here that have had nuts 'gunned up' we are still trying to remove them, and yes we have all the high tech kit to do it but still struggling...