22nd
April
2023
Snug a lug
Some tasks from my annual to-do list are undertaken without understanding the who. As in, the mechanical principles involved. I have just spent some quality time with my consumer grade torque wrench, going over the four sets of lug nuts that keep the wheels attached to the car. Always required, after swapping the seasonal tires. And I do the job because I know I should, not because I understand. Why do the nuts get loose, after the first round of travel, but not after the second. Or do they?
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