Now Carry A Metre Of Scaffold Pole.....

[jackson]

Posting my gripe with tyre fitters here hopefully makes me feel better.....

Picture the scenario - puncture on a motorway. Not with any recovery outfit

so decided to change tyre in "safe lane"

Not a chance in hell of moving those nuts. Luckily. I'm not to far from home

so, being a rear wheel, decided to drive there.

Cutting a long story short, it took a length of scaffold pole slipped over the

removal tool to "unsnap" the nuts. Neadless to say, the tyre was buggered

after that drive. So, 60 quid out of pocket.

Would I like to meet the fitter involved - maybe its better if I didn't.

Anything I ought to do t o prevent a re-occurence?

Peter

[Boro Sera]

Get yourself a decent Breaker Bar and socket. This should ensure that next time you'll have no bother getting the nuts off.

Or just carry the pole with you in case of emergency !

[compressor mad]

buy a torque bar and do the nuts yourself

[ae102]

put anti-seizing compound on studs. the so n so has done themup with the air wrench. only suppose to be 103nm which is reallt easy to undo. wouldnt mind you can get a torque limiting wobble bar purpose made for tightening wheel nuts with air tools. hope he hasnt stretched the threads

[TheSpannerMonkey]

accutorq sockets can be dangerous though, if your compressor isnt up to the job, or is low on pressure when you do the bolt up, you can end up sending a car out with loose nuts, only real way to tighten a wheelnut properly is with a calibrated torque wrench