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Originally Posted by AndyBrad
agreed. you can easily over torque something dependent of the material specification and application. Also whether the joint is lubricated and what with provides a significant increase in the tensile stress in a fixing.
real work example is i over torqued the wheel studs on a mini, causing the nuts to shear and loosing a wheel. be careful.
And on that note does anyone have a link to a mini torque wrench? mine is bloody massive  |
k thats a gd point. well seeing as sv book says 47 and haynes says 64 i did it to 52 it fine no problems so cheers