I just realized I was torque wrenching my lugnuts wrong for 3 years

So I was at my buddy's shop in Austin last month and he watched me do a tire rotation. He goes 'dude, you're going way past the click, that's not how it works'. I always thought you just kept turning till it stopped clicking. He showed me the manual for his Snap-on and I felt like an idiot. Anyone else find out they been doing some basic thing wrong for way too long?

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keithbutler11d ago

Nah man, torque wrenches don't work like that. You're supposed to go slow and steady until the click happens, then stop. If you keep cranking past the click you're just overloading the nut and stretching the stud. I've seen guys snap studs clean off doing that. Might want to check your manual or look up a video on YouTube, the click should be loud and you feel it in the handle, not a soft sound you have to hunt for.