So, not too sure what the best course of action is here...
Apparently, the MKZ lug nuts have a torque spec of something ridiculous like 150ftlb.
Went to take the vehicle to get tires rotated to 2 different places and neither place could break the lug nuts. So the last place that did it over torqued the you know what out of them on top of that crazy spec.
This car only has 36k miles on it...it's not driven much, and it belongs to someone I'm seeing so I don't know the history. But it's likely been a little over a year since the tires were last rotated.
She is going to try to see if she can figure out where it was done last and talk to them, but after a year plus, I'm not confident that place, wherever it was, will take much responsibility.
The one place I went to said if we can't make any headway with the last place the tires were rotated that they would try to break them by hand tools with the vehicle down. But of course, there is a fair likelihood of breaking the studs. Their impact tools only were able to remove 2 lug nuts on 2 wheels. They didn't even try the rears.
Assuming there is no help from the last place, is this the best course of action, to let them try by hand tools? I would think yes, but thought I'd see what people here would say.
Thanks in advance.
Apparently, the MKZ lug nuts have a torque spec of something ridiculous like 150ftlb.
Went to take the vehicle to get tires rotated to 2 different places and neither place could break the lug nuts. So the last place that did it over torqued the you know what out of them on top of that crazy spec.
This car only has 36k miles on it...it's not driven much, and it belongs to someone I'm seeing so I don't know the history. But it's likely been a little over a year since the tires were last rotated.
She is going to try to see if she can figure out where it was done last and talk to them, but after a year plus, I'm not confident that place, wherever it was, will take much responsibility.
The one place I went to said if we can't make any headway with the last place the tires were rotated that they would try to break them by hand tools with the vehicle down. But of course, there is a fair likelihood of breaking the studs. Their impact tools only were able to remove 2 lug nuts on 2 wheels. They didn't even try the rears.
Assuming there is no help from the last place, is this the best course of action, to let them try by hand tools? I would think yes, but thought I'd see what people here would say.
Thanks in advance.