Torque wrench
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Torque wrench
Hi I bought a Capri torque wrench off amazon but it doesn't work-broken. It was 20 -200 inch pounds. Header bolts are 96-120 inch pounds so that would have been fine. The are not too many in this range. Any recommendations ons good one?
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Last edited by felix27; Jun 17, 2016 at 08:15 PM.
wait, what? does 96-120 inch pounds not fall within 20-200 inch pounds? or are you meaning foot lbs?
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Yes, the four nuts at the cylinder head exhaust studs are 96-120 in lbs....so your torque wrench should be sufficient i.e. the head nuts torque specs are within the range of the wrench. So I guess I am not understanding the issue. Are you familiar with how to use torque wrenches i.e. setting the torque?
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Hi, Yes that is the correct range but it's broken. I tested on something first, set it to 20 in/pds and no click what so ever. It's broken so I'm looking for recommendations since I'm not willing to trust that brand again. OddJack, let me research the model...
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Test it on something with much more torque than that. 20 in-lb is nothing really. You likely wouldn't even feel the click. Test it in the mid range on a bolt that you know has more torque. Set it to its maximum value and test it on your lug nut or something. You would never want to use a torque wrench at it's very minimum or maximum values anyway. It's probably fine.
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Test it on something with much more torque than that. 20 in-lb is nothing really. You likely wouldn't even feel the click. Test it in the mid range on a bolt that you know has more torque. Set it to its maximum value and test it on your lug nut or something. You would never want to use a torque wrench at it's very minimum or maximum values anyway. It's probably fine.
I use 20 in.lbs to torque these 0-80 socket head cap screws
