justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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X pounds hung at the one foot from center of the socket =
Foot Pounds.
By changing the weight you can test it through a range.
Proving it's off or on, either way, by making a note of the accuracy you can use it.
The problem IS, some of the bolts and the threads that they are screwed into won't take the torque listed. If you just walk off into it and Don't use the Hands and Brain you'll be stripping and breaking stuff. Use the ratchet or end wrench, work the pattern, use the TW every now and then and see where you are. If it's Feeling like something is on the edge of going south, or you can tell that the clamping is done, then the question becomes,
Is the penalty for it NOT being adequately torqued greater than or less than the penalty for breaking or stripping something?
If it's a side cover, the penalty is a drip, and you can get a wrench on it, even with the exhaust installed.
If it's the head, and it's not tight enough, you could be going back in, pulling the head, doing the gasket, and Still facing the feeling of it being tight before it's properly torqued.
The cost of new bolts and nuts is a lot less than making a mess, fixing it, AND then buying the new nuts and bolts.
If anyone is inexperienced and doesn't know what it feels like just as a bolt comes fully Tight, get a few sizes, get a couple of bits of flat scrap, bolt them together and bust a few.
Use oil and grease and see how different it is.
Why Learn on the important stuff?
3 of each size, at least. Dry, oil, grease, and in a vise or using Something big enough to hold the experiment steady, so You can feel the way the bolt is acting and not be fighting with it.
A well spent few dollars.
And don't go to the hardware store.
Go to the industrial supply house.
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