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My torque wrench is probably 50 years old from back when I was a fleet mechanic in college. It is a 1/2" drive click type and still works fine but with old eyes I have a harder time reading the numbers these days.

There are some things I really want proper torque values like head bolts, brake calipers, lug nuts etc. Most suspension parts are large bolts and all get a bit of Loctite so I estimate and get torque values "close enough". Somewhere around 80 ft lbs is enough to keep it together but not enough to snap it off. So far, so good.
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