Q: I had a flat tire fixed, and my neighbor said I should have the wheel nuts “torqued” by someone, as the young man at the gas station didn’t do this. I didn’t want to sound ignorant by asking what ...

All right, it's not the most technically involved story we've ever tackled here at Jp, but how many times have the gorillas at your local auto repair place friction-welded your lug nuts to your wheels ...

Q: For the past several years, I have had run-ins with service people at the tire store. When I go in for tire balancing, I write 76 foot-pounds lug nut torque, which is what Toyota calls for. When I ...

When I get the car back, I use my old-style torque wrench, which has a needle point scale that goes from 0 to 140 pounds. When I try to loosen the lugs, they don’t break free to well past the ...