Zep
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Went to Formula One Autocentre with my Ferrari 599 to have four new TPMS valves fitted. Manager there was particularly appreciative to have such a car in the workshop and said he had put his top guy on the job. Staff even took picture of it in workshop.
I stood in waiting room with glass windows overlooking workshop. They did up the wheel nuts in a circular motion ie did one up then moved on to the next one in a clockwise direction. Now in all my years I have always tightened wheel nuts up in a "tighten opposite nut next" configuration. They did then use a torque wrench.
Surely their "top boy" did it wrong?
Yes, it is good practice in my view to tighten the bolts opposite each other to draw the wheel onto the hub flush.