[T3] Items to keep on hand in a 72 FI Squareback

[Jim Adney]

On 11 Dec 2013 at 18:35, Mike Fisher wrote:

> I carry a Subaru Legacy jack & a cheater pipe the same length as my 1/2"
> breaker bar.  Sometimes those lug bolts won't come loose without a Long lug
> wrench.

Lug bolts should be tightened with a torque wrench to ~92 ft-lbs. If 
you do that, you'll have no trouble getting them off. The problems 
come when you let a tire shop tighten the bejesus out of them with an 
air wrench. I take my torque wrench with me when going in for tire 
work. I let them install things loosely and then I finish the job.

That's saved a lot of trouble over the years.

I also put a bit of anti seize on the lug bolt threads, just the 
threads, never on the spherical collar.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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