5th Wheel Broken Stud Theory
Although we are currently running a Class C, several of my camping buddies are pulling 5th wheels. They keep having problems with broken wheel studs with the aluminum rims. They carry torque wrenches ...
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Lynnmor wrote:But if the torque wrench clicks and the nut doesn't move, that doesn't mean the nut is at proper torque. A bolt/nut needs to be moving to get the torque correct. If the wrench clicks when the nut is stationary, you're looking at static friction, not necessarily proper torque setting. The bolt/nut has to be moving when the wrench clicks.Bird Freak wrote:
I was a Snap-on tool dealer for about 4 years. If you keep checking them without backing them off first you stretch the bolt a little each time.
Quite the opposite, if the bolt is checked and it didn't move, it can't stretch. If it did move, then you are just doing a proper torque.
