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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Galivants Ferry, SC
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Few more things...
Chris Bennet is spot-on...what you would *like* to measure accurately is clamping force. ...torque is only a back-door method of indicating where you are, and lubed/ dry, etc etc...makes a big difference. Wayne is *close* when he says you're trying to measure bolt stretch...but this can lead to confusion of words...some bolts are "stretch" bolts ( deformed into their "plastic deformation" region)...and some are torqued to values below that ( so they don't take a permanent stretch). Clamping force is a more accurate term.
What works well is a simple beam wrench that never goes out of calibration...and you can use this as a "calibration check" against your more user friendly click style...just to make sure you're still accurate.
---Wil Ferch
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Wil Ferch
85 Carrera ( gone, but not forgotten )
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