Re-Tighten Lug Nuts?

[mountainman]

I have found that most places will tighten them too much unless you are on top of them. I always check mine when I get them home and last year after a new tire change I had to pull one off for something and used a long breaker bar with an extra foot long extension and could not break some of the lugs loose. I went back to the shop and when He asked what he could do for me, I said "how about loosening these lug bolts for me." After looking at me like I was totally helpless he went and got his socket and breaker bar,,,, and then he went back for the bigger breaker bar,,,,, and finally he went back for the air wrench. When he finally got them loose I handed him my torque wrench and told him that from now on when I bring one of my cars in for tires the torque wrench will be on the passenger seat preset to 96 and no more air wrench. Since then no problems and I always check them after a couple hundred miles, and periodically after that. You have to understand that most of these tire shops don't pay employees big bucks and some may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer. On the side of the road with a flat tire is a bad time to find out that someone tightened them down as tight as he could with an air wrench because he didn't want to take a little more time and torque them.