[Huney1]

Thanks Gents for the repiles. How about the rubber around the wind'ers, do I use it on them to?

OH, by the way, please allow me to share a good one with you. Had the tires rotated Friday afternoon at a high-speed tire shop, they have one guy that works the right side and one the left and I told them don't over torque the lug nuts. Guy said, we torque them all the same. Ohhhh-kaaay. Didn't have my trusty torque wrench with me so wasn't in a position to argue. This afternoon I broke out the torque wrench and lo and behold the left side was at or above 150 ft lbs and the right not bad around 100 ft lbs.

You know folks, I'm a contrary old senior citizen geezer but easy to get along with and when I left the tire shop I knew dad-gum good and well something wasn't right and they had over torqued the lug nuts. WHY? Elementary my dear Watson; WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK like the rotors were warped. DDUUHH! Yup, over torqueing literally pulls the rotor(s) out of round/flat and the steering wheel shakes. OK, . . . nobody is perfect, so if they were 110 ft lbs or so I'd have cut them some slack. BUT, 150 ft lbs is simply totally unacceptable and way, way out of line.

Anyway, I have a big pot of boiled peanuts and a case of cold beer calling my name so must run for now. But when you get your tires rotated don't trust them unless they are using a torque socket of some kind so they know *exactly* how much they torque your lug nuts. How much? Don't quote me, but I think it's 80 - 90 ft lbs.