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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Bird Freak wrote:Well, that is the proper way to use a torque wrench. Using it on a stationary nut isn't correct. As you tighten the nut, when the wrench clicks, it's correct. Stopping and checking is not the way to do it.Lynnmor wrote:Problem is most folks don't know how to properly use a torque wrench and will move it a bit.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.
