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Originally Posted by hogweed

Cheers Alan – I actually had her booked in with Kerr’s a few weeks ago to get the alignment done, then crashed the TF and cancelled it as I had other priorities! I’m hoping to try again next week or so, and I’ll definitely post the results here when I do


Just as a matter of interest, last time I had her up to Mark to get something done at the front, he told me Magowan’s had tightened the wheel nuts to some massive torque, and to have a word with them. I forgot about it, thinking well, I have a breaker bar if I ever need to get a wheel off… so a couple of days ago, I tried to swap the rear wheels due to the uneven wear, and got alarmed at the pressure I was exerting even with that (and the nuts still not shifting).


I decided to get Magowan’s to re-torque them, which they did (and swapped the wheels), and to be fair didn’t attempt to charge me, though the guy was adamant that their airguns COULDN'T overtighten, as “they only go up to 95NM”. Obviously he’d never heard of faulty equipment – and anyway, that’s still about 25% too high for the Rover. Will try Kerr’s next time…

When it came to tightening up, I was impressed by Kerr's. Not just my car each time it was in, but when I watched them do other cars, they initially did the wheel bolts up with a lightweight electric gun, finalising them with a decent looking torque wrench by hand - each one turning slightly and clicking.