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shawnmmcc
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Some people use dielectric grease, some don't. I do, and I believe the manufacturers recommend it. I would assume you would need to use a small amount, unless the gorilla who put on the original plugs also used enough grease for a certain kind of sex. Then you won't.
A good torque wrench is quite accurate. A cheap one can be terrible. Check online, if I remember correctly hand tighten until it is snug, it's like a quarter or half a turn past that. Somebody has got to have that old tip online. However, I have a good torque wrench I've used for fifteen years so I've lost the touch.
BTW - I also break my wheel nuts loose too, and then retighten to whatever the specs say, usually 90 someodd foot-pounds. If you are stuck in the middle of the night with a flat tire, in pouring rain, while jumping up and down and the lug wrench (and slipping off and scraping your hands), well, you finally get enough adrenalin toe break the f**ker loose. It's MUCH easier when the lug nuts are not tightened to 200 foot pounds.
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Richelieu
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Gatineau
Dec 2001
time: 00:37
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How dependable is the reading on a torque wrench? |
Who made it?
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shawnmmcc
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Berz - thanks, as I said, I couldn't remember if it was a quarter or a half turn.
Mad Monk - those beam type torsion bars are drekh. A good click type is MUCH easier to use, and more accurate. Mine is also a Craftsman, and it's one of the best purchases I ever made.
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