Submitted by alucemet t3_10anzxi in askscience
spideywat t1_j49m0xk wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in What does it mean to torque a screw to a specific torque? by alucemet
It has nothing to do with the torque value and everything to do with the material. I have had dozens of vehicles, driven hundreds. Aluminum rims often come loose. The nature of the material. I have torque wrenches and a big shop.
On one set of rims it takes about 15 minutes to torque each wheel the first time then a short drive and some of the nuts loosen. 2015 f350. The Ford diesel mechanic noted the same thing and he hates those rims too.
I was at a garage where the mechanic told the customers that retorquing was bull and he had never done it once in his life. He was a fool.
Wheels come off less often now then 30 years ago, after which they introduced retorquing tires.
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