The first step in attaching a wheel to a vehicle is to start the hardware by hand, making sure the bolts go on smoothly and evenly. After that, an impact wrench fitted with an impact torque stick can ...

Q. When they rotate my wheels, they use a “torque stick” attached to an impact wrench and tell me that I have been tightened to 100 foot-pounds. If I try to remove a nut with a cross wrench, I can’t ...

Q. What is the difference between a torque stick and a torque wrench? Are the bending beam torque wrenches fairly accurate? Q.G., Naperville A. Torque sticks look like extensions placed between the ...

Technicians receive a lot of training to ensure that truck wheels are properly attached, but myths about tools and installation procedures still have a way of getting around. (Isn’t an impact gun good ...

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (July 7, 2003)—Proper torque is not something that's essential to only commercial vehicle maintenance. In the April 28 issue of Tire Business, I talked about the importance of ...

Gizmag is currently in Las Vegas, prowling the showroom floor of Interbike 2013 – North America’s largest bike show. While there are plenty of impressive high-tech e-bikes and carbon fiber whatzits on ...