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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes
Let's not even get into the pneumatic torque wrenches set to 100 foot-lbs that stretch your wheel bolts and warp your discs......
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Sounds like you’ve been there too. You’re not alone.
My other “Service Moron” issue is with the kids at the oil change shops that don’t know how to check a door jam for tire pressures.
I had a kid come up after an oil change in one of our Ram 1500 pick-ups to tell me all they’d done for me. Vacuum out…wash windows…check washer fluid…85psi in all the tires….
WHAT ?!?
When I questioned it, he proceeded to escort me to the truck to show me where on the tire it even says 85psi. Sure buddy. At a max load of something like 6800 pounds!! That would have been fine if the truck weighed something like 27,200 pounds or so.
I proceeded to ask him if he knew just how far at 35 mph that truck would slide on a wet road with all four wheels locked up (even with ABS) if I hit the breaks for any reason, with 85psi in the tires. A loooooonnnnnggggg way.
On the other hand, I’d bet I’d get better HW mileage with that 2.5 sq.in. contact patch at each corner.
