Ball Loosened, Use Loctite?
From time to time my son or I have to tow bar his 1946 Chevrolet 2 ton rack truck. He uses it for his food catering business. Being it is old it breaks down once a year. So when booked to do a p...
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Lynnmor wrote:Durb wrote:
Many people torque the hitch ball by placing the ball mount into the truck receiver and applying downward force. When they do this the rear of the truck will squat. The energy used to squat the truck will be deducted from the the torque wrench's output thereby applying less torque to the hitch ball. This number is significant.
This is not correct. When the proper torque reading is met, everything will stop moving and the nut will be properly tightened.
Dream on, I guess you feel the energy used to compress the truck's springs is coming from thin air. Same concept as when using a torque stick; a lot of torque on the input side, the stick serves as a torsion spring requiring energy to twist, limited amount of torque on the output side. With your theory the input torque would always equal the output torque negating the use torque stick altogether. Compression truck spring - torsion torque stick, same concept.
