I never knew about over torquing and stretching the stud threads until one day I put my quad tires on and torqued to 95 ft lb. I never bothered to check the manual as it looked like 95 to me. Went out quadding and lost a tire and wrecked the studs on another. Checked the book and the torque is 45. That is when I learned it is not like the old days where you tightened the wheel nuts as tight as possible but have to always use a torque wrench and look up the torque. I also wonder if the studs are not made from that Chinese steel now days.
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