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Over tightened lug nuts is a pet pieve of mine. I have been out on the road trying to change a flat when some nuckle head used a impact to tighted the lugs. When I tighten lugs I use a impact also but I don't over do it then I always check them with a little four way so I can get them back off on the road. Never had a nut come loose in my life. Well one time, I have an electric impact I use to use before I got an air one and it only had enough power to tighten a lug to where I got in the habit of not rechecking them. One day I was putting all four tires back on and the brushes went out of the impact on the last one. I went and took the impact apart and forgot to go check that last wheel. About a week latter I started getting a vibration and I was wondering what it could be and remebered that impact quiting on me and never checking the lugs, I was going to stop for gas in a few miles so I would check them then. Well I forgot and latter that day I was going about 70 on a gravel road slowed and turned a corner then bam the rear end went down and the tire passed me. I got out expecting body damage and no studs. To my surprise only one stud was broke and no body damage, I walked down and got my tire jacked it up, stole some nuts from the other wheels and was back on the road. Sometimes you get lucky.
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