09-03-2008, 02:47 PM
Quote:I quickly discovered that when the young men at Big O Tires mounted my tires, apparently they were having a contest that day to see who could tighten the lug nuts the tightest, and the young man who worked on my Suburban surely won. I wasn't sure which was going to give first -- the lug nuts or the breaker bar. I would stand and bounce on the breaker bar in order to get enough leverage to turn the lug nuts. I noticed that one nut was particularly difficult to turn and even after turning it several times it wasn't getting any easier.
I had a similar problem with Big O. I was on the archery elk hunt way out in the middle of nowhere in Idaho. My brother and I had just got back to my truck to see a flat tire. No big deal, but when we tried to loosen the lug nuts, only three of the five would budge. The other two we had to break off completely. It also tore the wall of my lug wrench. Luckily, we made it out after an hour or two working in the dark. I went back to Big O and told them what had happened, and they said I was the third person that week with that problem. They fired a kid who was zipping on the lug nuts with the torch wrench and re-threading them. Needless to say, it's a pain enough to change a tire, but having to bounce up and down on your lug wrech till you hear a snap, is a whole other story.
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