Ever had a torque wrench moment where you felt like an idiot?
After 8 years of swapping my own brake rotors, I found out I was using the wrong torque pattern, just going clockwise instead of crisscross. A buddy saw me doing it at his place in Austin and asked why I was warping my discs like that. Anyone else learn a basic technique was wrong way later than they want to admit?
Man, I did the exact same thing with my lug nuts for years, just zipped them on in a circle until a tire guy set me straight. Now I always snug them in a star pattern first before torquing anything down.