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Re: bad day



Use an impact socket with a breaker bar & a jack handle.

Michael Keith
'98 Jetta GLX
'85 Golf SCCA ITB
-----Original Message-----
From: VWaffe@aol.com <VWaffe@aol.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.com <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:51 PM
Subject: bad day


>PTHBT!!   I really dislike the fact that nobody torques the wheel bolts to
>spec anymore. Got my tires put on last week (Fri), and now cannot remove
the
>wheels in order to don the ATE PowerDiscs. I sheared a 3/4 - 1/2 adapter,
and
>even ended up permanently distorting the large guage needle on my torque
>wrench. Impact wrench? DIDN'T WORK!!!!!  Well, crap. Going back to the car
>place...
>
>At least the oil change went alright.
>
>DJ
>
>