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Flat tire-stuck nuts- great start of the day! V70-XC70 1999

posted by  David in NC on  Wed May 1 08:09 CST 2013
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I went out to go to work this morning and found that someone had stabbed a tire on my V70 and my '88 535. Great! (I must have really pissed someone off!)

While dodging traffic, I jacked it up to change the tire. I had to stand and bounce on 3 of the lug nuts to get them loose. That's more than 200 foot pounds of torque. I had to put a 4' pipe on the wrench to break 2 other ones and twisted the Volvo lug wrench. I finally had to put pressure on the cheater bar while hitting the wrench with a sledge.

What a wonderful way to start the day! NOT! I think I'm going to fix a drink.






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