Torque Wrench Suggestions

[M59]

That wood is a big knot or something I found in the woods. It was kind of rotted so I've had it drying for quite a while. Trying to figure out what I want to do with it. It is mostly hollow on the inside so I'm thinking making some sort of floor lamp decoration kind of thing with it. Trying to figure out the best way to seal it now that it is dry.
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Very interesting shape. Perhaps this is where impregnating with resin to stabilize it ( thinking vacuum bagging to get resin into nooks and crannies) would be appropriate.

 

[hunt4570]

Very interesting shape. Perhaps this is where impregnating with resin to stabilize it ( thinking vacuum bagging to get resin into nooks and crannies) would be appropriate.

THATS a big bag!! Its probably 4 feet high. I was more thinking getting one of my sprayers out and spraying it with a poly of some sort.

 

[Williy]

I forgot about the reverse threaded bolts as
I haven't had any to work on in over 40 years
MY BAD!

willy

 

[DK35vince]

I have a 5 ton truck with left-handed lug nuts all along one side of the vehicle that are supposed to be torqued to something like 350 ft lb. A torque wrench that works both ways is necessary here

We have a semi tractor at work the same way.
Driver side wheels are reverse thread.
ATV's with CVT clutch's on the right side of the vehicle are often what I call reverse thread.
I know I needed a torque wrench for the drive clutch on my old Kawasaki Brute force 750 that torqued the opposite way.

 

[Vmax540]

Way more is broken/stripped by being over tightened than under.

 

[jrsavoie]

I guess I am old school. I don’t need a torque wrench to do an oil change. I have and had many aluminum pan vehicles. Snug enough not to leak on a drain plug is pretty easy to judge.

I would not do the fumoto valve. But again I am old school. Remove the plug make sure all oil is drained then replace plug with new crush washer and snug it up. Check it after a couple drives.

But I think a 3/8” drive wrench is a good investment. But only if you are doing more than oil changes…. There are many other tools I would put higher on my list. 1/2” is necessary since 80-200 ft/lbs is much harder to do by “feel”.

I have been screwed several times by people that have a feel. Both over torqueing and under torqueing.

t only be takes a minute to get the torque wrench out and do it right.

in.my younger day I broke off 3/8 grade 8 Lawson bolts without ever noticing they got tight.
. Now I'm weak and still have absolutely no feel for tight or loose.

 

[stumblinhorse]

I have been screwed several times by people that have a feel. Both over torqueing and under torqueing.

t only be takes a minute to get the torque wrench out and do it right.

in.my younger day I broke off 3/8 grade 8 Lawson bolts without ever noticing they got tight.
. Now I'm weak and still have absolutely no feel for tight or loose.

Nobody touches anything I own. My 2016 Ram and 2014 Jeep have never been to an any mechanic for any recall or warranty work ever. I do it myself, all of it at my cost if I have to, or get the parts reimbursed. I have to loosen and tighten nuts and bolts everyday. I only know the torque spec of a few of them. But I don’t need the torque wrench to ”do it right”. If you broke off a 3/8” grade 8 bolt thinking it was 38 ft/#s then yes you should use a torque wrench. I pulled the upper and lower manifolds off my 3.6 pentastar motor To replace the oil cooler housing and 2 sensors. They are plastic. I put it back together better than it was assembled. I am pretty confident that I “do it right”. If all you do is oil and you rely on others to do everything else, then get a $100 torque wrench. My only point from my posts is that a 3/8” torque wrench would be very low on my list of tools to buy to just make sure your oil plug is snug enough not to leak.

 

[5030]

In retrospect, I've never replaced a crush washer oil drain on any of my Kubota's, ever because Kubota adds a neoprene insert to the washer that seals the opening. I still snug them up and that's it. The other crush washers on say the oil drains on the front axle, I anneal them and reuse them and torque to spec as listed in the shop manual. 20+ years old and never a leak.

 

[stephanadams]

If you're worried about batteries and going out of spec you could look into an old fashioned deflection type. I bought a Craftsman about fifty years ago and it's still fine, it just doesn't go high enough for my tractor. Surf Amazon, they've got a BUNCH of them.

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