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techtalk:ref:tools025 [2020/09/05 05:25] hippysmack [A Word on Torque and Re-using Bolts] |
techtalk:ref:tools025 [2022/09/09 20:48] hippysmack [Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information] |
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| ====== Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information ====== | ====== Torque Wrench Care and Usage, Related Charts and Information ====== | ||
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| + | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_wrench_gif_by_hippysmack.gif?direct|}} ((animation by Hippysmack)) \\ | ||
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| If you turn the crows foot at a 90° angle, there is no increase in torque to the fastener from the preset scale. \\ | If you turn the crows foot at a 90° angle, there is no increase in torque to the fastener from the preset scale. \\ | ||
| - | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_with_a_crows_foot.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) \\ | + | {{:techtalk:ref:tools:torque_with_a_crows_foot_by_hippysmack.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by Hippysmack)) \\ |
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| The invent of the clicker type torque wrench took the focus away from 'feeling' what you are doing while tightening. \\ | The invent of the clicker type torque wrench took the focus away from 'feeling' what you are doing while tightening. \\ | ||
| Try and develop a 'feel' for when enough is enough especially if using a clicker type wrench. \\ | Try and develop a 'feel' for when enough is enough especially if using a clicker type wrench. \\ | ||
| - | If the wrench fails to click, and many of them do on the low end of their scale, you can break something simply waiting for the click. \\ | + | If the wrench fails to click, and many of them do on the low end of their scale especially, you can break something simply waiting for the click. \\ |
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| One of these bolts was broken off in a rocker box. The others were damaged but not broken. \\ | One of these bolts was broken off in a rocker box. The others were damaged but not broken. \\ | ||
| + | These bolts were damaged due to a clicker wrench not operating properly. \\ | ||
| + | The person using the torque wrench felt it happening yet kept pulling awaiting the click. \\ | ||
| + | "I did notice before it snapped that it kind of spun for a second, then broke. One of the other bolts did the same thing and I stopped immediately." ((JeeperJay of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1210515&highlight=rocker+box+bolts&page=2)) \\ | ||
| Any time you have any amount of thread damage or bolt stretch, replace the bolts. \\ | Any time you have any amount of thread damage or bolt stretch, replace the bolts. \\ | ||
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