/diy/ - Do It Yourself

How about having neighbor replace the wrench with the same kind he broke

>>1523474

how do you know it's ruined?

>>1523474
>So I need a new one
Wait, where did you bury the old "neighbor's kid"

>>1523497
already sold him to the local mosque

>>1523500
Noice.

Just see if you can find somewhere to calibrate it. If it’s not worth calibrating stop buying chink tools pull the cock out your ass

>>1523495
Because someone used it as a breaker bar you mongoloid.

>used torque wrench as breaker bar
What is OP's problem? He knows what brand it is so like tell the retard to replace it. What's the confusion?

>>1523474
LOL!

Ahhhh, the joys of having a pickup, car trailer, or a lift...

I'm building a fucking shop in the woods and telling everyone it's just a junk ass pole barn. When in fact i will make up a bullshit conpany name to toss on my pickup and car trailer so i can just tell everyone i rented it and then hide my lift and tools in there.

Kek

Just get it cal'd

>>1523474
How much did the lift cost you?

>>1523474
See
>>1523495
Oh, you did
>>1523545

You're a fucking moron with absolutely no idea how a torque wrench works. You're repeating gibberish with absolutely no idea why. I find that annoying. Given that you're repeating gibberish your torque wrench was probably wildly out of calibration anyways.

>>1523659
Being upset that someone overloaded the torque wrench tension spring is gibberish?
And saying that annoys you?

Interesting anon.

>>1523571
>his vehicles aren't already under a shell company to avoid liability
Come on anon.

>>1523662
Once it pops though you are not putting more load on the spring.

>>1523474
>If you ever use a torque wrench counter-clockwise even once it's broken forever and you have to buy a new one

Brainlet here, if you put more torque on the wrench than set, it just clicks through right?

How would you overload a torque wrench?

>>1524304

read the whole thread. If you go past the click you have destroyed the wrench.

>>1524307

This is true. My dad saw me go past the click on his torque wrench and he tossed it in the trash and I had to replace it.

A torque wrench is a breaker bar of sorts
I seriously doubt any kid today has the guns to pull past max torque Next week when you make another bullshit thread say he used it as a hammer or something more believable

>>1524312
>>1524307
To be fair tho, if you'd use it to loosen bolts that are tight as tits, would you be able to somehow overload the mechanism?

>>1524335

If you go past the torque setting you ruin the calibration and the mechanism, and that is at any setting, not just some super high torque. Just because it's a big wrench that can do 150 ft-lbs when set to 150 doesn't mean you can go past the click at 20 ft-lbs and apply 30 ft-lbs without ruining it. I've been wrenching for 30 years and I've seen so many green employees destroy $300 torque wrenches it's not funny.

>>1524335
>Will a tool break if I use it for the opposite of what it was designed for?

>>1524340
sure kid

>>1524340
How do you go past the click at 20 burger units when set to 150 burger units

>>1524353

When I referred to "going past the click at 20" I thought it would be clear that the wrench was set to 20, thus the click.

>>1523662
Not how a torque wrench works, anon. Once you go past the click, the head and rod are in direct contact. You can absolutely use that as a breaker bar without doing any harm.

>>1523495
LOL yeah bro that shit is EASILY out of spec.

wait a second,..
I thought the click on the torque wrench is there to tell you when you've reached the torque you want.
why the hell would the torque wrench click ruin it?
it's specifically designed and built to make the clicks as an indicator

>>1524335
>use it to loosen bolts
i didn't think my torque wrenches are reversible. I don't think its possible to use it to loosen stuff

god dammit you guys are gonna make me go out to the garage in my bathrobe at 5:30 am just to look at my torque wrenches now

>>1526864
okay i checked. yes my torque wrench is reversible.

>>1526869
under maintenance and storage it says
"DO NOT TURN HANDLE PAST LOWEST SETTING"

Fucka i already did. how bad could it be?

>>1526876
How low does it go? My torque wrenches all stop at 0ft-lbs, but I have never read the instructions. I just set them to 0 when I’m done.

>>1526911
the scale on my little 1/4" drive torque wrench (pic related >>1526869) goes down to 20in/pounds. then there's a small gap and there's a solid line which i guess represents the zero mark

>>1526925
but it keeps on going i can continue to rotate the adjuster handle til it goes past the zero mark

>>1526876
>Fucka i already did. how bad could it be?

it's ok. if you unscrew it far enough it falls apart, but you can put it back together.

>>1526876
I wonder if the whole "turn to lowest setting when not in use" thing is fuddlore. Unless a spring is being pushed back the material's yield point, a spring would not be damaged by storing in a compressed state. Rather, springs are worn by cycles of compression and decompression.

>>1526962

it isn't the spring that goes out of calibration. when any metal is under stress or strain it will creep over time, so you have to set it on zero to maintain decent calibration.

t. mechanical design engineer

>>1526860
Congrats on your critical thinking ability, which half the posters itt lack

>>1523474
There is a VERY simple test you can do to see if it's out of calibration or not. Put your torque wrench on a lug nut and set it for 20 ft lbs. Take a 20 lb weight and very slowly balance it on the wrench. If it clicks when the full weight is applied you know you're good. Even a cheap half inch Harbor Freight torque wrench has an accuracy of +/- 4% which means it might click at 19.2 ft lbs or 20.8 ft lbs which is still good.

>>1527018

this. and the weight does not have to be at 12 inches because the wrench compensates for that.

hi I'm goofy

this is
q...............

>>1527018
>not mentioning the distance
>>1527020
it absolutely does have to be centred at 1 ft

>>1527020
Yep has to be at 12 inches retard.

>>1527018
Why on a lug nut. So fucking stupid

>>1527058
>>1527060

>never used a torque wrench in life

they come in various lengths, and you put your hand on the handle at the end. the spring is calibrated to compensate for the length which is why you can't swap them.

>>1527064
pathetic trolling
a torque wrench set to click at, in your example (using retard units) 20 ftlb will click when e.g. 20lb is applied 1 ft from the axis (socket), OR when 40lb is applied at 6 inches from the socket OR when 10lb is applied at 2 ft from the socket.
that is how torque works, here is the equation check it yourself:
T = r x F; Torque = radius (distance) x force ("""weight""")

>>1527064
If you want to apply 20 foot pounds torque with a 20 pound weight it must absolutely be placed at one foot.
applying 20 foot pounds at the handle is not always the same as putting 20 pounds in the same location

>>1527070
>>1527071

all I can say is that I have actually done it with a wrench. you're what my dad calls bench-wrenchers.

>>1527064
Nobody should be allowed to post in this thread without a picture of a torque wrench they own and a timestamp.

>>1527078

I'm one torquing fool. I use the tiny one to set preload on differential pinion bearings and power steering gear.

>>1527074
>you're what my dad calls bench-wrenchers.

This is what "good ole boys" like to say when they are faced with objective fact.
"Ive done and wrong and continue to be ignorant because I like to limp through my work and pretend I know everything there is to know in life"

I need therapy.

how does a crows foot affect the torque value?

>>1527114

pic related claims to know, but my theory is this: if the torque is low enough to use an open-ended wrench, then you should be able to torque it by feel if you have much experience at all. I suppose there are situations where that does not apply, like where something can warp or not seal if the fasteners are not torqued the same, but I've been lucky in that I've never felt like I had to use a crows foot. When I was young and starting out it was on my list, but never got bought and never was missed either.

>>1527114
It doesnt you bench wrencher

i sorta just tighten shit and don't worry about torque specs

>>1527085
4u

>>1527114
>>1527128
It does, but it’s probably <10%. You gotta do the physics equations. If you have a torque wrench that is 12in long, and you stick a crowsfoot on there that is 1.2in from the center of the square drive to the center of the fastener, the actual torque on the nut-bolt would be 10% higher than the setting on the torque wrench. So if the wrench is set at 50in-lbs, the added leverage of the crowsfoot would mean you’re actually tightening the bolt to 55in-lbs.

>>1524280
I really like this particular dumb Wojak, mind if I save it?

>>1527178

feel free my friend. thanks for joining us tonight.

>>1527137
>didn’t post tork rench and timestamp
Opinion disregarded

>>1527184
they're both at my other house. one is beat up and taped together and the other is a nice snap on electric one.

>>1527139
You post those new ports a lot anon. I'm worried about your health. I quit using welbutrin. Just saying

>>1527189
Funny you say that...

I go on and off of it. Or I take em if I’m on a road trip and don’t want to chainsmoke the whole time. It works but then I get a long day at work and I just want to relax and smoke a couple cigs on my way home from work and the meds ruin it.

Cigs are so shitty though. Better off spending the money on weed or heroin because it does something for you. I have had a cold for a week and a half that won’t go away because I’m a fucking smoker. I’m gonna kick it in the balls one day, no mouth fedora vape bullshit.

Fun fact- I get bronchitis less since I stopped smoking weed. Everybody says cigs are worse but I would hack up more phlegm when I was blazing, and hash would make this brown shit come up every morning.

>>1527194
>hack up more phlegm when I was blazing, and hash would make this brown shit come up every morning.

that's more than I wanted to hear, but thanks for sharing with the group

>>1527196
Yeah man stupid ass “Dude weed lmao!” will tell you to hit this oil rig because it will cure your cancer, but shit aint good for a nigga.

>>1526962
oh boy

its like im on /k/ all over again

lets just say real world results dont follow your ideal laws of physics, right? Too many variables.

>>1527194

Thats because the weed is an expectorant compared to the cilia-supressing tobacco product.

T. Guy who quit smoking for a few months and thats when i started hacking up all the nasties. Cilia take at least a few weeks to regain function.

>>1527194
Heroin you say... funny because I just spent the last 30 hours quitting a large habit. Getting on a plane now and heading back home after the holidays... will get back on here when I land. Cheers bro

>>1527222
Oh yeah I heard that, the few weeks after you quit cigs is when you really hack it all up. I’m looking forward to all that salty tasty goodness.

>>1527223
>30 hours
Good luck mang. Quitting anything takes at least a few months before you stop waking up with cravings. But that first day you wake up and you open your eyes and thing “It’s a beautiful day, I can’t wait to enjoy it!” instead of “I need to get a buzz going”, it’s pretty incredible.

Ahh yes, and the tripcunt circlejerk begins. This is what you wanted /diy/

>>1527245
This is what (You) created ;^)

I’m not sure why you’re jerking off to this. I’m just posting like everybody else.

>>1523474
lmao who even needs a torque wrench. You should be able to gauge how much torque you're putting on a nut, just pay attention to what you're doing.

>>1527025
How didyiu make that upside down
d?

Thanks for this thread guys, it made me appreciate my torque wrenches (pic related), and I even took the 3 large ones apart to clean and grease them. It was not really neccessary, but I found that thread, so I wanted to be sure:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328193

By the way, I specifically recommend the Stahlwille Manoskop wrences for two reasons mainly:
1) The do not need to be set to 0 for storage, as the spring is only under load during operation.
2) On can set any torque in seconds with a slide mechanism, no need to turn a drum.

To test if the calibration is good, I measure the wrench lenght, calculate the force needed for a specific torque setting, and put a luggage scale at the handle to check it. The ratched is fixed in a vise for this. Mine are very accurate.

>>1527062
i don't think you understand this at all

My God you people are like insufferable flat earth children. Your pettiness is alone is out of spec.

Just torque up against a digital one OP. Then theres no question.

>>1523662
Most fair and above quality torque wrenches can safely be used as a breaker bar without any ill effects, including cal going off. Some even have built in ratchets too to prevent being used in the wrong direction as a breaker bar. Either yours was a single direction cheapy and used in the wrong direction as a breaker bar or you’re claiming a new one from your neighbor just cos his kid used your wrench as a breaker bar and that upsets you?

>>1524307
No, you have not! That’s not how they work....

>>1533259

being this mad about a bait post in a bait thread

>>1524340
Your tool supplier has been raping you! That or you’re talking crap. A decent torque wrench can absolutely be used as a breaker bar without issue for the maximum rated torque it’s designed for regardless of where it’s set. Setting it to a torque and not zeroing again is what damages torque wrenches accuracy.

>>1533262
Kek, true story baka

>>1533263
>Setting it to a torque and not zeroing again is what damages torque wrenches accuracy

springs are no longer made of silly putty. you can leave it on any setting for years, like I do, and every time I calibrate it it's still ok.