Wow--$40-60?!?! The Discount Tire shop out here in CA has always done free rotations w/ balance for me, even on tires I didn't purchase from them, like the OEM tires on the Leaf. They will even do it every 3000 miles instead of the 7500 recommended by Nissan. Of course, I have bought a sh!tload of tires from them over the last 30 years, so maybe I am a preferred customer or something. I have never paid for their extended warranty or "road hazard certificates" either, but they have always done free repairs for me as well. They have even matched prices from online suppliers like Tire Rack for me, will flip/mount/balance loose race tires I bring in for $10/wheel, and there is a shop less than 5 miles from my home, so I am a loyal customer and give them all my business.cracovian said:Discount Tire - $40 bucks or $60 for lifetime balance and rotation.
And...what ft-lbs do you torque them to?Nubo said:Do it yourself.
See the LEAF Wiki regarding jacking the car.
I make it a point to rotate my tires myself, using a torque wrench. I have never had a shop torque lug nuts to the proper values. Under-tightening and over-tightening are both bad.
You are going to the wrong shops, apparently. My Discount Tire store always uses a torque stick on their impact drivers with a setting below the maximum for the car when mounting tires, and follows that up with a hand torque wrench set to the exact spec. This is exactly the same procedure I use when mounting my own wheels on my cars.Nubo said:I have never had a shop torque lug nuts to the proper values.
Spec for wheel nut torque on the Leaf is 108 Nm or 80 ft.-lbs. per the service manual.derkraut said:And...what ft-lbs do you torque them to?
ttweed said:You are going to the wrong shops, apparently. My Discount Tire store always uses a torque stick on their impact drivers with a setting below the maximum for the car when mounting tires, and follows that up with a hand torque wrench set to the exact spec. This is exactly the same procedure I use when mounting my own wheels on my cars.TTNubo said:I have never had a shop torque lug nuts to the proper values.
ttweed said:You are going to the wrong shops, apparently. My Discount Tire store always uses a torque stick on their impact drivers with a setting below the maximum for the car when mounting tires, and follows that up with a hand torque wrench set to the exact spec. This is exactly the same procedure I use when mounting my own wheels on my cars.Nubo said:I have never had a shop torque lug nuts to the proper values.
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