No matter how careful you are when you reinstall old rusty nuts and bolts, someday you’re going to strip some threads. Of ...

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While I don’t use an impact to initially loosen wheel nuts and bolts (I prefer on the ground with a breaker bar), I do like putting it on the lowest of three torque settings when reinstalling them.

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