Torque Wrench or wrenches recomendation
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Even more fun when some the china import machinery goes fubar and we get retrofit mixing both systems. You develop a serious dislike for dual scale tape measures everybody seems to be in love and some of our so called maintenance guys constantly screw up which scale they need to use
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I use Newton metres on all the imperial fasteners as well. It saves an awful lot of hassle of not having to take any notice of inches or feet.
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I only have Snap On, and a few Matco dials for intricate stuff like injector bodies, but I can recommend them highly. Some of my Snap On beam clickers have been sent out and recertified several times since the 90s, always around 2% accuracy.
The work on these bikes does not require perfect fastener torque, but it was always interesting to see the various wrenches come back from certification. Some of the cheaper torque wrenches varied wildly, and could not be certified for some of the government contracts we bid.
The work on these bikes does not require perfect fastener torque, but it was always interesting to see the various wrenches come back from certification. Some of the cheaper torque wrenches varied wildly, and could not be certified for some of the government contracts we bid.
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The United States does not use the "imperial" system.
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Probably redneck way of doing it, but for calibration I tighten something with one. Then work way up to it with other.
I am sure thisnt great, and should do a large range.
I ran overy favorite craftsman. Still worked. But nervous to use it slot. Not that I am really doing critical things with it.
I am sure thisnt great, and should do a large range.
I ran overy favorite craftsman. Still worked. But nervous to use it slot. Not that I am really doing critical things with it.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
You should have come a nice long chat with all the import engineers I deal with, they drop that word as reference regular, why I included it for context. Never knew part of the job was going involved on the fly conversions of what the other guy thinks he means.
And I hate to tell you the US uses everybody's systems, a common standard went out long ago, I've been neck deep in every odd fastening system there is on production equipment made globally.
And I hate to tell you the US uses everybody's systems, a common standard went out long ago, I've been neck deep in every odd fastening system there is on production equipment made globally.
