torque wrench
Can someone recommend a basic torque wrench for me. I have a lot of tools but never owned a TW. Will not be building engines or that sort of thing so something basic that actually works, without b...
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coolbreeze01 wrote:I'd bet it was correct enough to keep customer's cars on the road. :)westend wrote:coolbreeze01 wrote:You may wish to think that was the case but few shops even had a pneumatic impact in their shop more than 50 years ago. If the year 1966 is used as the limit of your reference, think of what style of rim and tire were in use during that period. At that time, truck and heavy equipment shops may have started with pneumatic tools but the rest of us wrench benders were relegated to hand tools and a cheater bar.Cummins12V98 wrote:
Discount Tire hand starts the lug nuts then runs them up with a light setting on impact just enough to snug the nuts. Then they torque to spec in a cross pattern then they go in a circle for a final time. If the tire shop you use does not do that it's just being plain LAZY!
The above method has been used by reputable tire shops for over 50 years.
For grins, History of Discount Tire
If you didn't have an air wrench 50 years ago, you may have done it correctly :B
Folks, here, are fairly obsessive about the accuracy of things RV. No harm, no foul on that but I've been installing steel rims on vehicles and trailers for many years and the torque wrench stays in the drawer.
If I'm installing lugs on a BMW or any other vehicle where the aluminum rims are worth more than some cars I've owned or there may be an apparent safety issue, then yes, the torque wrench is used. I can't recall one instance of using a torque wrench on trailer lugs. Of course, with my favorite long ratchet and using my favorite arm, I have an acceptable torque finder without breaking out the clicker. :B
