After spending the final 16 years of a 38-year aerospace career training Structures Installation Mechanics on the proper way to install threaded fasteners, I can tell you that it is difficult to ...
To be honest, even with over 50 years in the automotive repair industry, I never heard of the expression “lug nut swelling.” When I asked one of my automotive experts, ASE master technician Tom ...
We've said it before, but it's a fact that few things are as simple as they look. Take something as commonplace as lug nuts: They hold the wheels onto a vehicle. That's simple enough, but another ...
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (July 7, 2003)—Proper torque is not something that's essential to only commercial vehicle maintenance. In the April 28 issue of Tire Business, I talked about the importance of ...