torque wrench question

Originally Posted by Richie

If your in the Army, tut, tut! If your in the TA, what a surprise!

I'm just hoping theres a leg attached to that boot...

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

i dont trust my torque wrench i always go by feel.

i aint had no problems in 15 years.

[northwind]

Torque wrenches tend to be really inaccurate at the end of their travel- so one that only goes down to 28 could be pretty wild at that setting, especially with cheaper ones. I'd sooner do it by hand- 28nm is more or less "push quite hard on a long-handled allen key, if you're puny"

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Richie

and the end result could be this...

I doubt that wheel fell off because someone did it by feel rather than by torque wrench.

I've never done a car wheel up with a torque wrench, only ever by feel and in 30 years of driving (inc 20 yrs doing 40,000 miles PA) I've never had a wheel fall off.

[embee]

The most common error with car wheelnuts is over-tightening.

On my 2 cars one is 65Nm and the other is 100Nm, even 100 isn't all that much when you have a wheelbrace in your hands.

IIRC the crop of truck wheels coming off a few years ago (which killed a few people!!) was put down to the common use of impact wrenches and overtightening.

once you've had a few snap on you you realize how tight u can go, or depending on what it is and what its made of.

and with suzuki stuff i'd rather it be alittle to loose than too tight (cheese bolts) recomended NM can still chew standard bolts on a suzi.