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timwilky · 18-06-20, 08:12 AM

No substitute for "feel", never blindly apply a torque setting.

I cringe at people who want to torque spark plugs, sump plugs etc. yeah, cylinder heads, bearing caps, even brake fixings, but always with the question am I happy with this.

As for torque wrench ownership I have them in 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and a 650lb/ft 1" drive I haven't used for 30 years and currently in the possession of a train owning friend. (Imagine owning/restoring DMUs for a hobby??)

For undoing tight nuts, I have a 2m length of scaffold tube that slips over my breaker bar and has been known to snap the knuckle of a snap on breaker, but that only comes out when the impact guns fail.

18-06-20, 08:12 AM	#4
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Playing with my new tool: digital torque wrench No substitute for "feel", never blindly apply a torque setting. I cringe at people who want to torque spark plugs, sump plugs etc. yeah, cylinder heads, bearing caps, even brake fixings, but always with the question am I happy with this. As for torque wrench ownership I have them in 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and a 650lb/ft 1" drive I haven't used for 30 years and currently in the possession of a train owning friend. (Imagine owning/restoring DMUs for a hobby??) For undoing tight nuts, I have a 2m length of scaffold tube that slips over my breaker bar and has been known to snap the knuckle of a snap on breaker, but that only comes out when the impact guns fail. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated. Last edited by timwilky; 18-06-20 at 09:07 AM.