A torque wrench is an extremely important tightening tool that you definitely don’t want to skimp on, especially if yo ...

So, it’s just not safe to “make do with four lug nuts.” Although my wife keeps suggesting I try it. Also, since you tightened ...

WINTER tires are a great way to make your vehicle safer on slippery roads, but if you don’t tighten your lug nuts, you might ...

Another possibility is that you were using a torque wrench for the first time ... maybe you were trying to loosen the lug nut and were turning it the wrong way, and just didn’t notice until ...

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Working with your hands can be therapeutic and give you the opportunity to ponder life’s big questions as you’re loosening fasteners. That is up until the point you remember that it’s the ...

LONDON - McLaren chief executive Zak Brown expects Formula One to deliver a four-way championship battle this season and would also not be surprised if a rival team mirrors McLaren's rapid rise to ...

I over-tightened a lug nut on an alloy wheel. It seems to have pushed right through the alloy and is up against the metal on the other side. Visit the Car Talk website at www.cartalk.com.

After two more hours of waiting, as thousands of cars and trucks whizzed by, we were safely home — and wiser from being ...