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Question: Torque settings

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:00 am
by Barry Smyth
I have a torque wrench that starts @ 6NM & noticed that the rear hub bearing flange nut needs to be toured in @ between 4.7 & 5.2

Does it matter if I torque the nut at the min setting on my wrench?

Re: Question: Torque settings

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:44 am
by Bilko
I've never torqued that nut. Just nice & tight with a bit of .

Re: Question: Torque settings

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:37 pm
by starreem
Most inexpensive clicker type torque wrenches are not so precise at the lower end of their range. Sometimes up to 20% of the lower end is inaccurate.

Re: Question: Torque settings

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:01 pm
by mickdale
starreem wrote:Most inexpensive clicker type torque wrenches are not so precise at the lower end of their range. Sometimes up to 20% of the lower end is inaccurate.
i concur
ive just bought a smaller "tuv etc approved" 20 quid one from ebay and checked it on the torque gauges at work

set at 16 foot pounds it clicks between 7 and 25 depending on the speed of turn :(

false economy methinks