I keep breaking 1/2 ratchets on my lug nuts.

[WinterDeere]

Putting lug nuts back on with power but not overtightening:

Find an old or cheap 3/8 extension and cut off the socket end. Chuck it in your electric drill and spin those nuts on fast.
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Don't used a hex to square adapter. It won't slip when the nut bottoms out.
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Bruce

I start my lug nuts by hand, to be sure they're not cross-threaded, but then I use that 1/4" hex to square adaptor to run them all home. My 1/4" hex impact driver is wonderfully convenient and great for driving things like deck screws and lag bolts, but I'd have to work it real hard to ever manage to overtorque a lug nut with that little thing.

After running them all home with the 1/4" impact driver, I set the vehicle on the ground and finish the lugs with the torque wrench.

 

[oldtimer 66]

I'm going to start a thread called "working women", since I find nothing on earth sexier than a hard-bodied woman doing what most would consider "man's work". That said, between that proclivity and me watching this thread, the YouTube algorithm knew well enough to serve this one up to me over breakfast this morning.

She ain't exactly the "hard bodied" Scandanavian type toward which I gravitate, but she has skills, knowledge, and one hell of an impact driver.

A couple of things. My mother was a WAC during the second world war. She was stationed in Florida. Not paying much attention as a youngster she told me one of her jobs was to prep equipment for shipment overseas. She mentioned Jeeps and other equipment. It's possible she could have been doing something like the above.

Second item, nobody mentioned left hand threads on the wheel studs. Is that standard on large trucks? I don't know. My father had a early 50's Dodge car that had left hand lug nuts on the driver side and Fluid Drive. Just for thought.

 

[LouNY]

My Milwaukee M18 impact does a good job off running nuts and bolts off. If it can't do it then it becomes a breaker bar and cheater pipe.
As far as tightening lug nuts and such my M18 has 4 settings on it and I'll select either 1 or 2 to run the nuts back on, then I'll just get out my torque sticks and run them the rest of the way with a good cross wise pattern. I have verified most of my torque sticks with a torque wrench a couple of times and they are all quite good.
I have been considering picking up one of these;

I do have a 1/4" inch pound wrench.

 

[MH8675309]

I have an old 953 John Deere running gear that is set up as a flat rack. I had not owned this very long but during the covid shut down I had some time so I decided I would grease the wheel bearings. When I went to take the the wheels off the lug nuts were stuck bad enough where PB blaster wouldn't do anything. I wasn't about to just snap them off so I het them up with an acetylene torch one by one and got them off without breaking any wheel studs off. It had to have been forever since these bearings had been grease since the grease had hardened on the spindle. It looked like the "slow poke candy" we used to get when we were kids. When I put everything back together I wire brushed the studs and put a light coat of anti seize on them. It seems to work well on all studs to anti seize them.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

The problem with using anti seize, or any lubricating product, on wheel studs is that it changes the torque values needed.

They'll now need more torque to achieve the same clamping force...but how much more?

 

[bcp]

Is there an anti-corrosion product that is not a lubricant? Or maybe it helps to add the anti-corrosion product after torquing?

Bruce

 

[MinnesotaEric]

The problem with using anti seize, or any lubricating product, on wheel studs is that it changes the torque values needed.

They'll now need more torque to achieve the same clamping force...but how much more?

Normally 10-15%. That said, there shouldn't be any need for using anti-seize on lug nuts unless it is working in the salt belt in the salt.

 

[WranglerX]

Speaking of thread lubrication....

Next do we want to get into Torque VS Bolt Stretch....

 

[WranglerX]

My Milwaukee M18 impact does a good job off running nuts and bolts off. If it can't do it then it becomes a breaker bar and cheater pipe.
As far as tightening lug nuts and such my M18 has 4 settings on it and I'll select either 1 or 2 to run the nuts back on, then I'll just get out my torque sticks and run them the rest of the way with a good cross wise pattern. I have verified most of my torque sticks with a torque wrench a couple of times and they are all quite good.
I have been considering picking up one of these;
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I do have a 1/4" inch pound wrench.

And who calibrates that ..... What is its guarantee to be accurate....

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Is there an anti-corrosion product that is not a lubricant? Or maybe it helps to add the anti-corrosion product after torquing?

Bruce

I use either a thread chaser or wire wheel on corroded bolts.

If I'm worried about corrosion, I'll use paint.