Dang, ya know, I never even thought about that! I have probably kept my torque wrench on whatever I had it set at last. Didn't know that was a killer! Wonder how far off my ( Sears Craftsman with broken PLASTIC POS lock ring ) wrench is now after all these years. Not that I use it alot anymore. And we use precision inch-pound torq drivers at work, and no one ever said anything, including the engineers, about releasing them, they all stay set at their particular settings all the time ( and they're all old, too ). Any other comments about proper "tension storage" ? - Jerry - __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail