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With a car jacked up (tires is in the air), automatic transmission in park, and the emergency brake disengaged, can really cranking on lugs nuts damage a parking pawl?

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I was removing the front left tire from my 2008 Toyota RAV4. The car was in park, the emergency brake was disengaged. I had jacked up the car before loosening the lug nuts (I am a noob). The front two tires were in the air (front part was on two jack stands), the back two tires were on the ground (held with tire wedges).

I have recently gotten new tires, and the local auto shop had cranked down on my lug nuts. They were really tight. To loosen them, I had to practically jump on the lug wrench to break them loose.

Do you think this could damage the parking pawl?

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Loosening lug nuts with tires off ground hints it's possible to damage the parking pawl while doing this.

My Car

  • 2008 Toyota RAV4
  • Trim: Base
  • Driver: 4WD
  • Transmission: 4AT (automatic)
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    Absolutely not, unless you are the Terminator.
    – Moab
    Feb 9, 2020 at 2:07

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I've never heard of that problem happening and I think there is now way you could "really crank" on the lug nuts more than the force of the vehicle rolling backwards on a slope when you park it.

The parking pawl is quite substantial since the parking safety of the vehicle depends on it.

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