I swap rear slicks & check/adjust the rear brakes after every racing weekend, but I don't use a torque wrench. I don't think I over-torque them, but after years of tightening & loosening them by hand, I broke my 4-way!
(Cheap China junk that apparently everybody sells.)
So now I carry a spare.

i torque everything.

Heck yeah; I've done it so many times that I can feel 75 ft/lbs, but I check it anyway.
On "mag"-wheel cars & my trailer, I check 'em periodically; though I've never had a loose-wheel problem, I like to keep it that way.

I still use old school Cragar Super Tricks from the early seventies. Cragar was big on torquing those to 55 lbs...so I got into the habit and never stopped.

absolutely

Never used to on factory steel wheels that have that raised shoulder that will provide a bit of compression applied back to the lugnut. Never had a problem but I was probably applying at least 85ft/lbs or more. Factory Mopar wheels don't have that shoulder, so those would get torqued. In the last few years, I now break out the torque wrench on everything just to be sure.

Have always retorqued any mag-style wheel. They are notorious for loosening.

Lately, I torqued my factory aluminum wheels to the specified 100 ft/lbs and the stud broke free in the hub!! I guess I shouldn't have shot that WD-40 on it. Next time, after I fix it, I'll lower the spec to 85 ft/lbs.

I torque

105ft/lbs on my 1/2" studs on the Dart. I do 140 ft/lbs on the 9/16" studs on my trucks. I do this to eliminate the need to re-check them.

We torque every vehicle we have including the garden tractor!

I started torquing then about 15 years ago when I was working as a repairman at Chrysler's Ram assembly plant.

It was required after removing any wheel for a repair. They wanted the torque verified and recorded.

Now I do it every time I take r&r a wheel on every vehicle.

I've seen too many weak impacts over the years.

Everytime I take the car to the track. When I crewed the fast cars, sub 7 seconds, every pass. Especially after shake....

Yes and on everything I can . without the wrench I break stuff.

I torque everything before and after each race!The day after the race I clean everything up from front-back,bottom-top and torque everything.I have a pre race check list,to make sure everything gets checked!I torque my rear wheels at 100 lbs also.

I torque when installing or changing on all vehicles, and on the race car I re-check every 2-3 rounds, front and rear. With the Weld ProStars I follow their recommendation of 85 lbs/ft on the front 1/2" studs, and 135 lbs/ft on the rear 5/8" studs.

who uses a little antisieze or oil on the lugs?

I use anti-seize on mine and have a finely calibrated 4-way lug wrench.... but double check them fairly often in true OCD fashion.

What are you talking about.. You KNOW we are all perfect on here,,,NO body on HERE would race without torquing their nuts..

Never have but do check them for tightness from time to time ........ if I remember to what was the question



Russ