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Originally Posted by Dave Brand
If you use an impact gun to tighten fasteners you will overtighten them as you are bringing kinetic energy into the equation. One of the things I vaguely remember from my college days is "double for impact".
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How many times would you need to tighten with an air gun to see a problem?
Reason for asking - been doing up, then tightening (with spider not torque wrench) wheel nuts on my Honda Civic road car since I bought it at 60k miles. Now done 237k miles and 13 years old. Steel wheels on and off all the time for pads, discs, suspension components, any sort of repair that might need wheels removing. No evidence of issues whatsoever.
Note, I always get a small amount of extra turn when I do the final tighten with the spider.