fordadvisor

hey bud as far as torque specs go use them, i work for ford, we put those specs out for a reason, if your worried about overtorquing your lugnuts find the specs and get a torque stick, it will begin to bow at the rated torque and will let an impact gun slip, no problems. i keep seeing these guys put tight is tight their right. tight as a hell and strip a bolt or you think its tight and your no where near having a bolt tightened down enough.

KillJoy

Torque sticks are a gimmick. I trust my natural feel, rather than a false security.

WhiteFoxGT

Ok big guy, you work for Ford, so you must pull about 15hrs a week. While your on OASIS searching for torque specs of interior clips... I'll be out doin some real work. I know whats tight, whats too tight, and what needs to be torqued. I simply told the OP that front end components do not need to be hit with a torque wrench.

uberstang1

Im gonna hit that girl on your facebook with my torque stick. /thread.

fordadvisor

Hey whitefoxgt i was giving the guy my advice. no need to post about it, if you think i dont know what im talking about thats fine, just ignore the fact i work on these cars everyday and all your assumptions are right.

uberstang1

Im not trying to bust *****, but a torque stick is probably the most inaccurate torquing device to use and I'm suprised dealers still use them, thats something for jiffylube and sears.

KillJoy

Funny you say that, I am a tech for Ramsey Ford of Elkton Maryland. We do not accept torque sticks as a proper torqueing device. I also work on "these" cars everyday...

WhiteFoxGT

Since we're skill dropping, I worked at Carman Ford in New Castle DE for almost 5yrs. So Im going to ignore the fact that you work on these cars. Like I said, I'll tell the guy real world advise you stick to reading the book

mineralpony

harbre32

Thanks for the resumes guys. They belong on monster.com not here. The guy just asked the proper torque. pffffff women