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Had a talk with a 20-year veteran that made me rethink my torque wrench habits
Ran into an old timer at the parts counter in Boise yesterday... guy had hands like a bear paw. He told me he never uses a torque wrench on lug nuts just goes by feel after 40 years. I laughed but then he showed me a wheel he saw fly off last month because someone overtorqued with a fancy digital unit. Made me wonder if I'm trusting my clicker too much... has anyone else had a seasoned mechanic tell you to ditch the gadgets?
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skylercooper18d ago
Buddy of mine snapped three studs on his F-150 using a Harbor Freight special.
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alices1618d ago
I saw a thread on another forum where a guy tested those Pittsburgh torque wrenches against a Snap-On and they were off by like 15 ft-lbs right out of the box. That's probably why your buddy snapped those studs, you can't trust the click on those cheap ones. Did he even have it set right, or was it just the tool letting go?
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