Oh my gosh, rotating tires is an awfully dirty job. It's much dirtier than changing oil. All I did was remove one wheel cover/"hubcap" with a screwdriver, and got really dirty. Wheels don't like being clean, I suppose. (I removed the wheel cover just to be sure of the socket size needed for tomorrow's rotation and torquing.)
Went to Sears to buy a 21 mm socket for the wheel's lug nuts. My Harbor Freight 4-way lug wrench doesn't have a 21 mm socket but it does have a 13/16-inch socket, which is smaller than
21 mm but fits the lug nuts. I guess I'll use that.Still needed a socket for the Craftsman torque wrench, though. So went to Sears. Very sad to see how rough those sockets were; they weren't smooth at all on the inside. Wasn't gonna buy that. Good price though: $4 normal size and $5 for the deep socket.
Went to AutoZone. The company's own brand DuraLast is made of Chrome Moly steel (chrome molybdenum). The Great Neck brand there was made of chrome vanadium. I asked the salesman which is stronger. He said Moly so I bought the slightly higher- priced Duralast. $5 for normal size and $7 for deep socket. Bought one of each in case the deep socket will give more clearance. Very smooth surfaces on both AutoZone's Duralast brand, and Great Neck.
The Duralast has a full unlimited warranty, guaranteed for life. Great Neck and Sears Craftsman also have some sort of lifetime warranty--don't know if it's unlimited like Duralast.
By the way, AutoZone is running a special right now: Buy one at full price and get one at half price.
I took the car to an automatic touchless