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   Tim R to thekma...@gmail.com   
   Re: Torque Wrench Safety Question   
   22 Jun 20 10:47:23   
   
   From: timothy42b@aol.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 8:26:05 PM UTC-4, thekma...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Bump...   
      
   I needed to pass inspection to sell a car in Germany, just had to swap two   
   tires with ones I had.     
      
   I put a cheater pipe on the lug wrench and jumped up and down on the pipe,   
   couldn't budge it.  Went to the auto shop on base, borrowed their air wrench,   
   and broke them loose.  Changed the tires and was going to torque the new lug   
   nuts on properly, but    
   the shop guy was ready to close up, came running over and put them on with the   
   wrench to "help" me.  They seem to think the spec is the minimum and there is   
   no maximum.   
      
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