lug nuts over tight?

there is no recalls on breaks for this model ...

the car has developed this problem since last service that included a tire
rotation and right around 40k miles ...

i saw the dealer about it and he attributed it to the break pads warping the
disks, at this time i still had over 70% pad left (according to the
dealer)...

i read up about this on the net and came across the below link, which then
got me thinking may be i should check the lug nut torque, etc., etc.

http://www.infinitihelp.com/Infiniti...rakes/warp.htm


"L0nD0t.$t0we11" > wrote in message
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> Roughly 12/31/03 18:58, 4000 psi's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > well, to make a long story short ... it seems to me that during my last
tire
> > rotation the dealer has over tightened the lug nuts ...
> >
> > symptoms: when the breaks are applied at highway speeds the steering
wheel
> > shakes ...
> >
> > i did some research on this problem and it seems that the rotors are
warped
> > and the most common cause is over tightening of the lug nuts ...
> >
> > according to the dealer i still have 70% of the original break pads left
in
> > the front ... but the rotors need to be machined and so i need a
complete
> > break job to solve the problem ...
> >
> > i just wanna make sure that if the dealer over tightened the lug nuts,
then
> > he should give me a complementary break job to correct the problem that
he
> > caused ...
>
> I'd more expect that your brakes should be fixed under either
> a warranty or a recall. This depends on the make and model of
> your vehicle.
>
> How did you diagnose that the lugnuts were too tight? If you
> loosened them, is gonna be hard to convince the dealer that
> he did it.
>
>
> --
> Fan of the dumbest team in America.
>

It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be and
that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the front..

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History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"4000 psi" > wrote in message
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> is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
>
> thanks!
>
>

It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be and
that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the front..

--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"4000 psi" > wrote in message
news:moGIb.77497$J77.60205@fed1read07...
> is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
>
> thanks!
>
>

that make sense ... how big of a jolt would make wheel "false" (a.k.a.
untrue)

"Mike Hall" > wrote in message
...
> It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be
and
> that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the
front..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "4000 psi" > wrote in message
> news:moGIb.77497$J77.60205@fed1read07...
> > is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

that make sense ... how big of a jolt would make wheel "false" (a.k.a.
untrue)

"Mike Hall" > wrote in message
...
> It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be
and
> that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the
front..
>
> --
> History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
>
> "4000 psi" > wrote in message
> news:moGIb.77497$J77.60205@fed1read07...
> > is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
>
>

Not a great deal.. I knew of somebody who once bought cheap aftermarket
alloys.. one of the wheels wasn't as good as it should have been, so he
always kept it on the back of the car.. you couldn't tell at all by just a
visual inspection of the wheel.. I would suggest that the wheels are swapped
front to back, and then see if the problem still exists..

--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"4000 psi" > wrote in message
news:aSkJb.231383$J77.131418@fed1read07...
> that make sense ... how big of a jolt would make wheel "false" (a.k.a.
> untrue)
>
> "Mike Hall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be
> and
> > that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the
> front..
> >
> > --
> > History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
> >
> > "4000 psi" > wrote in message
> > news:moGIb.77497$J77.60205@fed1read07...
> > > is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Not a great deal.. I knew of somebody who once bought cheap aftermarket
alloys.. one of the wheels wasn't as good as it should have been, so he
always kept it on the back of the car.. you couldn't tell at all by just a
visual inspection of the wheel.. I would suggest that the wheels are swapped
front to back, and then see if the problem still exists..

--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"4000 psi" > wrote in message
news:aSkJb.231383$J77.131418@fed1read07...
> that make sense ... how big of a jolt would make wheel "false" (a.k.a.
> untrue)
>
> "Mike Hall" > wrote in message
> ...
> > It could be that one of the wheels is not quite as true as it should be
> and
> > that the symptom shows up more now that wheel has been moved to the
> front..
> >
> > --
> > History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..
> >
> > "4000 psi" > wrote in message
> > news:moGIb.77497$J77.60205@fed1read07...
> > > is there a way to check what my wheel nuts are tightened at currently?
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>