Re: [Amc-list] Torque wrench

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

For HD use where getting to bolts isn't a problem I'd just get an 
inexpensive 1/2" drive beam type Craftsman torque wrench. Not sensitive 
to calibration! It's only as accurate as your eyesight on the dial, so 
it's in the ± 3 ft/lb range. That's what the factory mainly used, I 
believe, in the 50s and 60s (what else did they have, especially in the 
50s and before?). Why not build an old-style car with an old-style (but 
not obsolete -- many still in use and sold today!) torque wrench? The 
next one I buy will be a beam type. I don't trust the old snap-on dial 
type (but no click, pull and watch the dial!) anymore even though it has 
been calibrated a couple times.  I bought one of the cheap Chinese 
clickers (under $40) when I first built my stroker, but don't trust it 
much either. They are good at first (I compared to a friend's high 
dollar wrench, was within 1-2 ft/lbs every time), but to me it's about a 
throw-away after building an engine or two. I don't trust it to hold 
calibration over a long period of time, and it's eight years old now.

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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:50:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>

Got the cash together for rebuilding the 63 Classic's 232, and
I don't trust my old Craftsman torque wrench ... bought it new,
but it's old now. Rather than attempt to have it calibrated
(the pivot binds...) I wanna replace.

Any suggesions? Proto micrometer-type around $150 list is
about what I can afford. It'll be foot-pounds for general
engine/chassis use. Snap-On is outa my range... and probably
not called for since I don't use this every day.

I hope to pull the motor in Feb and have it back in the car in
a month (which probably means 6 - 8 weeks 

-- 
Frank Swygert
Publisher, "American Motors Cars" 
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