<VV> Torque Wrench

[vairologist@juno.com]

> From: ronchoy@comcast.net
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
\Subj; torque wrench
> I've had a clicker torque wrench lately used only for wheel studs. 
> The adjusters gone loose, so it's far out of calibration.   Since i 
> now use it only for wheel studs, I'd like to set it at say, 60 lbft. 
> I do have a working beam style torque wrench. Could i come fairly 
> close if I used the beam style wrench to torque a wheelnut to 
> 60lbft, then progressively adjusted the beam wrench until I moved 
> the nut?  -ron 65,66
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Smitty Says: Ron you can get a more accurate comparison by inserting a
drive between the two wrenches and torqueing them against each other.  I
happen to have some square drive sockets so it is easy for me.