Check your lugnuts and post lift torque specs...

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KOPBET

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This is what I use for lug nuts. It has nut busting torque!
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Milwaukee 2864-20 Fuel One-Key 3/4" High Torque Impact​

Features power state brushless motor delivers up to 1200ft-lbs of fastening torque and 1500ft-lbs of nut-busting torque

Yeah, if that won't make you bust a nut then nothing will ...
 

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About 90 foot pounds is all I've ever needed.
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Saw this happen a couple of times when I was working at a Toyota service center. I was the Lube Tech team leader. A lot of the young guys see the master techs not using torque wrenches on every vehicle and think they can get away with it too, and the results are predictable.
 

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Mazda dealer over torqued mine to 200 ft lbs.
I used a breaker bar and had trouble just loosening them. 108 is spec.
As I understand it, the torque spec for lug nuts is directly related to the size of the studs. On my Lincoln, the torque spec was 100 ft-lbs, but my F-150’s lugs are supposed to be torqued to 150 ft-lbs.

Either way, there’s no way those lug nuts were tightened at a tire shop. I carry a 24” breaker bar just so I can get those SOBs loose after getting new tires…
 

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When you sign the paperwork at Sam's it says you will re-torque after 50 miles.
CYA move. But I have seen them using a torque wrench not just an impact.
 

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