Several years ago, I replaced the engine and transmission on a Pontiac Grand Am. I needed a torque spec for the front axle nuts, so I called 6 different Pontiac dealerships, and kept getting what I was certain were wrong answers ranging between 75 and 150 ft./lbs. People often break good Proto or Snap On 1/2" breaker bars while using cheater pipes when removing these, so common sense made me highly skeptical. I told the Service Manager who gave me the 75 ft./lb. spec that it couldn't possibly be right, and that I could do that with a 10" Crescent wrench.
He insisted it was correct, and was right out of the GM Service Manual. I knew better, and kept looking. The correct torque was 284 ft./lbs. So I went to a swap meet that weekend and bought a used California Torque Specialties 3/4" drive 600 ft./lb. capacity torque wrench.
Garbage in--- Garbage out.... like the indoctrination of Liberals incapable of rational thought by the DNC and Fake News media. Even A.I. will not be able to fix stupid, but it may be able to accelerate the process of making dumb people more stupid at a faster rate.
