Such a stupid question i hesitate to ask...

[1990RangerinSK]

Get a 1 foot breaker and a 12 lb weight, or a 12 foot breaker and a 1 lb weight. Get your bolt snug, and put your bar on the bolt, hang the weight off the end of the bar. Bingo, 12 ft.lb.

Wow! I just learned something! Is that really how somebody figured out foot pounds of torque? Pretty cool, if you ask me.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Alright, thanks yall. I got a feeling the shits getting tightend to much, ill report back with results once more parts come in.

 

[91stranger]

I've used the cheap $10 harbor freight ones with no issues. I had one fall apart on me after a few years. found some smaller 1/4" ones at yard sales that seem to work good. I would trust any torque wrench over just tightening a bolt with a socket wrench and hoping its good. Especially when you only need 12 ft/lbs. that's not a lot.

 

[Denisefwd93]

Many standards are based on something elementary.

like horsepower, you know what 1 horsepower actually is? LOL.


In my trade a ton of refrigeration is 12000btu which is based on actual amount of time it takes for a ton of ice

Wow! I just learned something! Is that really how somebody figured out foot pounds of torque? Pretty cool, if you ask me.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The non-click type torque wrench will never go out of whack, unless bent. But they can be hard to read in some situations. Click type are much quicker. I would trust a non-click before a click type.

Agreed.

Especially for something that light.

I borrowed dad's little 1/4" drive bend beam when I did my transmission, something called for like 14 lb-ft. No potential for the clicker to get bound up and strip something out... like my aluminum transmission case.

 

[Will]

Impulses are bad. You pull it smoothly, not jerk it. Like a trigger.

I've seen a lot of shops with guys throwing their weight on the wrench. Not good.

Smooth.

 

[adsm08]

Wow! I just learned something! Is that really how somebody figured out foot pounds of torque? Pretty cool, if you ask me.

Well it is kind of right there in the name foot-pound.

But yes, a "foot-pound" is the amount of force exerted by one pound of weight at the end of a one foot lever.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Well it is kind of right there in the name foot-pound.

But yes, a "foot-pound" is the amount of force exerted by one pound of weight at the end of a one foot lever.

It *does* seem pretty obvious. On the other hand, I find it safe to check, because those oh so obvious names aren't always what they seem to be.

For example:
A Garage Sale does not mean that the garage is for sale
A Yard sale does not mean that the yard is for sale

I have been known, though, to walk into a garage sale and ask how much they want for the garage!

 

[DRanger024]

I actually prefer the beam style torque wrenches. Once you get the feel for them, it’s hard to trust the click style. I built an entire small block Mopar with one and have used the same wrench to do intake gaskets on both of my ohv 4.0’s. $30 craftsman 1/2” drive. It tested within 2% across the board when Precision Metrology came it to work to calibrate all of our tools. That’s pretty good for some old technology.


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