TC rod bolts...
TC rod bolts...
OMG, it looks like you need the power of zeus to take the bolts out. Any special tool I need to use besides my broken arm:help
Are you kidding me?
What else would you suggest? It's a freakin' bolt. A socket on one end, a wrench on another.
Maybe I'm thinking about something else--I'm talking about the tension rods--which I assume are the same thing as t/c rods--although I dont know why people call them t/c rods...
You use a torque wrench to remove bolts that are torqued tightly--such as lug nuts. Ergo, I used it to remove the tension rod bolts. I encountered no problems whatsoever. Nuts came off easily, nuts went on easily. And then, when installing the bolts, the torque wrench conveniently has torque settings that "click" when you tighten them to the desired torque. Now you tell me how you can get around using a torque wrench for tightening them.
I'd like to hear your reasoning as to why it's wrong to use a torque wrench to remove a bolt with an open ended wrench on the other end.
I'm confused... help me out here....
What else would you suggest? It's a freakin' bolt. A socket on one end, a wrench on another.
Maybe I'm thinking about something else--I'm talking about the tension rods--which I assume are the same thing as t/c rods--although I dont know why people call them t/c rods...
You use a torque wrench to remove bolts that are torqued tightly--such as lug nuts. Ergo, I used it to remove the tension rod bolts. I encountered no problems whatsoever. Nuts came off easily, nuts went on easily. And then, when installing the bolts, the torque wrench conveniently has torque settings that "click" when you tighten them to the desired torque. Now you tell me how you can get around using a torque wrench for tightening them.
I'd like to hear your reasoning as to why it's wrong to use a torque wrench to remove a bolt with an open ended wrench on the other end.
I'm confused... help me out here....
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Touchdown038
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Touchdown038 wrote:You can, but there's nothing wrong with using a torque wrench to take off bolts. I do it all the time, hell, my 1/2 inch torque wrench is built like a breaker bar.
Yah, I don't get it...it's not like the torque wrench is set at anything when I'm removing it--it's in its "neutral" position. The one I used is a wicked heavy duty craftsmen wrench---and my dad--who I consider a lot more knowledgeable than a lot of people on this forum--has used the torque wrench plenty of times to loosen bolts when I've been workin on my car or his with him...and he/I have never had a problem.
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kandyflip445 wrote:If you use it to take of bolts it throws off the calibration.
Has this happened to you or is this just hear-say? HOW does it throw off the calibration? I want some evidence...
I have two torque wrenches--one I almost never use--so its calibration can be considered "perfect," and the one I use to loosen bolts is just as accurate as the one I never use.
MarkEmark wrote:Has this happened to you or is this just hear-say? HOW does it throw off the calibration? I want some evidence...
I have two torque wrenches--one I almost never use--so its calibration can be considered "perfect," and the one I use to loosen bolts is just as accurate as the one I never use.
Are your tools craftsman also? Just curious...
right now my 3/8 and 1/2 inch torque wrenches are the craftsman digitork [the one with the numbers in the window]. i took one apart to see how it works, [then returned it for a new one] and i can see why they say not to use torque wrenches for a breaker bar.
if you wind the wrench up to the top of the scale, and it does not click while your using it improperly, it will do no harm.
if you click it and contine to apply force, the metal seat at the other end of the ratchet [in the shaft] can be knocked off center, miscalibrating it.
also, using it in that manner can just add excess wear to your precision instrument.
if you wind the wrench up to the top of the scale, and it does not click while your using it improperly, it will do no harm.
if you click it and contine to apply force, the metal seat at the other end of the ratchet [in the shaft] can be knocked off center, miscalibrating it.
also, using it in that manner can just add excess wear to your precision instrument.
IvoryJ30t wrote:right now my 3/8 and 1/2 inch torque wrenches are the craftsman digitork [the one with the numbers in the window]. i took one apart to see how it works, [then returned it for a new one] and i can see why they say not to use torque wrenches for a breaker bar.
if you wind the wrench up to the top of the scale, and it does not click while your using it improperly, it will do no harm.
if you click it and contine to apply force, the metal seat at the other end of the ratchet [in the shaft] can be knocked off center, miscalibrating it.
also, using it in that manner can just add excess wear to your precision instrument.
What if it's in its "neutral" position at the bottom of the scale and there is no clicking? (which is how I loosen bolts with it)?
IvoryJ30t wrote:unless you have a different style entirely, its is also bad to turn the wrench below its lowest setting.
ive never had a wrench that has a "park" setting at the bottom of the scale.
I didn't say "park," you jerk, I said "neutral!" :icesangel
I guess it's not below its lowest setting then--probably just at the lowest setting. Anyway--enough post-whoring for me