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The trouble is, if you exert forces greater than the torque wrench is calibrated for while undoing a bolt, then you will throw the torque wrench out of calibration.
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Try a bit of free, creative thinking Bob instead of just following what other people tell you to do. Simon
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I do understand your feelings though. As a young engineer (who thought he knew more than he did ), I remember having a conversation with an old boy at work on the subject of hydrogen embrittlement. He was a very accomplished metallurgist and chemist and I was clearly out of my depth. He gave me some wise words, that sometimes you just have to accept that things happen. Use the skills of others who have the knowledge, and you will move on to develop your own expertise that others can draw on, in other areas. About 10 minutes later, I realised that I had been given the most polite rollocking ever. However, those wise words, more than 40 years ago, have stood me in good stead for my working life. Good luck with your maintenance Simon and I will go away and lick my leopard's spots.
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Whilst you lot have been debating the finer points of torque wrenches two things have happened:
1. Most poignantly I broke my torque wrench. I've never really used it as a torque wrench - more a breaker bar as I picked it up in a lightening sale on amazon for a pretty penny and have my Dad's 60 year old one I use for when it matters. It's on the highest setting but with 5 foot of box steel over the end trying to undo these wishbone bolts from the subframe the ring spanner held up (despite looking like a bend it like Beckham) and then the wrench went WHACK! and the innards fell out in pieces. Don't make em like they used to eh? 2. I bought a hexagonal socket for the rear bolt and after two days of penetrating oil gave it a good tug with the torque wrench, swivel head and shorter length of box steel for leverage. I could swear I felt it shift and was so convinced it moved I took the box steel off as I thought I was about to just unwind it but alas the socket had slipped 3. When the socket slipped it damaged the bolt head - only slightly and nothing to worry about just yet but I checked my extractor set just in case and I only have 17 and 19mm I've got a breaker bar coming tomorrow on Prime and am running out of options. Any issues me getting the blow torch on these suckers??? Can't think of anything else to free them - I don't think the bush would be affected but my new wishbone has a new one anyways |
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