[Shotimes] New tool, was lug nut torque

[BJamesjr@aol.com]

> I need to know what the torque should be for the lug nuts.  

When in my dad's shop a week ago, he was about to hand me an air impact 
wrench to tighten some lug nuts.  I told him that I would rather use a torque 
wrench, then he told me that he had some special extensions that would limit 
torque.  I didn't understand completely until I looked at them.  They are 
1/2" drive extensions, about 10" long, and come in a set of at least 4 
different ones, each one color coded for a specific torque range.  The lower 
torque ones have smaller diameter shafts.  Apparently what they do is offer 
less resistance for the impact wrench and thus transfer less of the impact 
through the extension into the nut.  I tried them and they work that way.  
You can impact a nut repeatedly and the extension just flexes and soaks up 
the impact.