My new torque wrench

[keith_d]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

playing with your nipples

Shhhh!!!! Don't tell Bear he's been greasing his nipples!

I never ever use a torque wrench to tighten steel nuts into alloy. Personally I just don't think it's worth the risk. I just tighten it to beyond finger tight and a slight tweak more. Any nut into alloy is going to be a lower torque setting anyway. I'd rather trust what I can feel than trust a tool to tell me if it is tight enough. Especially if either the torque wrench needs calibration or an error is made when initially setting the torque.

Ah yes, that hehe. Couldn't resist theplay on words, I thought I'd get some werido's excited

Stig - yep, thats kind of what I was getting at. Me being special (read: clueless) I dont really know what is alloy and what is metal. I can differentiate between metal and plastic and then I'd probably get it wrong

The more experienced will probably be comfortable using their own experience on tightening stuff, but for someone like me, I reckon a torque wrench far lessens the chance of me undertightening or overtightening than without one.

To be fair my judgement wasn't far off, but those few clicks made me feel much better. All were not quite tight enough in this case.

Plus, I wanted one. So I bought one

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Stig

I never ever use a torque wrench to tighten steel nuts into alloy. Personally I just don't think it's worth the risk. I just tighten it to beyond finger tight and a slight tweak more. Any nut into alloy is going to be a lower torque setting anyway. I'd rather trust what I can feel than trust a tool to tell me if it is tight enough. Especially if either the torque wrench needs calibration or an error is made when initially setting the torque.

What risk? Using a torque wrench doesn't relieve you of the responsibility to be sensible when turning a socket, if you rely on anything, whatever tool it is, to make decisions for you then you're not using the tool correctly, just the same as if you were to use a Pozidrive screwdriver in a Philips screw.
If it doesn't feel right it doesn't feel right, torque wrench or not it's a handle for turning a socket first and last.

Originally Posted by Stig

I never ever use a torque wrench to tighten steel nuts into alloy. Personally I just don't think it's worth the risk. I just tighten it to beyond finger tight and a slight tweak more. Any nut into alloy is going to be a lower torque setting anyway. I'd rather trust what I can feel than trust a tool to tell me if it is tight enough. Especially if either the torque wrench needs calibration or an error is made when initially setting the torque.

aye its all ****sandgiggles till you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or after comming back from tightening an axel nut or something. A torque wrench gives you a decent ballpark figure and its a damn sight easier than using a helicoil kit

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

What risk? Using a torque wrench doesn't relieve you of the responsibility to be sensible when turning a socket, if you rely on anything, whatever tool it is, to make decisions for you then you're not using the tool correctly, just the same as if you were to use a Pozidrive screwdriver in a Philips screw.
If it doesn't feel right it doesn't feel right, torque wrench or not it's a handle for turning a socket first and last.

That is a fair point but I am sure there are plenty that would simply set to a particular setting and lever away in the comfort they 'can't' over tighten it and strip threads because the wonderful torque wrench will click before that happens. I use a torque wrench quite often, I am saying I don't bother to use it when securing a bolt into an alloy thread. I just don't see the need for it.

Relying on the click rather than how it feels is where the risk is. It's happened before in front of my very own eyes. Torque wrench set to correct torque for bolt, tighten, waiting for click to indicate torque reached, and before torque reached, bolt has sheered the thread. A double check of the torque wrench indicated it was on the correct setting. When I am putting a bolt into alloy I will not use a torque wrench. Okay, I might use a torque wrench but I won't just keep going until it clicks. I'll just tighten it up until I think if feels right.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

What risk? Using a torque wrench doesn't relieve you of the responsibility to be sensible when turning a socket, if you rely on anything, whatever tool it is, to make decisions for you then you're not using the tool correctly, just the same as if you were to use a Pozidrive screwdriver in a Philips screw.
If it doesn't feel right it doesn't feel right, torque wrench or not it's a handle for turning a socket first and last.

Why oh why is there both Pozidrive and Philips in this world

After googling Pozidrive I have just learnt it isnt the same as Phillips

Originally Posted by stu

why oh why is there both pozidrive and philips in this world

isnt one for rounding screws and the other the tips of your drivers?

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

isnt one for rounding screws and the other the tips of your drivers?

Excellent, that really made me laugh .

Possibly because of how often it's true.