forgot my torque wrench

[dkellogg3]

Down at the marina pulling risers to check them and the exhaust shutters. Forgot my torque wrench at home. Necessary, or can i do it by feel?

 

[nola mike]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

Better to use, but I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't be the first to do without...

 

[ziggy]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

if it were me, i'd go home and get it...
i prefer using a torque wrench. if at all possible.

but I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't be the first to do without...

yep, i reckon that's very true... and after saying what i said. i'll fess up and say i've done w/o too... guess in the op's case, the question is, how far away is home?

 

[Bondo]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

Down at the marina pulling risers to check them and the exhaust shutters. Forgot my torque wrench at home. Necessary, or can i do it by feel?

Ayuh,.... I use my calibrated elbow,... standard 3/8" bolt torques are pretty common, 'n the elbow knows...

 

[Don S]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

or can i do it by feel?

I would say if you have to ask, you probably should get the torque wrench.

Some may use the "calibrated elbow" method but they usually do a lot of wrench turning and know how tight tight they are getting bolts and more so how even from one to the other they are tightening bolts.

And I would bet Bond-o picks up a wrench more than to work on his boat engine once in a while.

 

[Bondo]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

I would say if you have to ask, you probably should get the torque wrench.

Some may use the "calibrated elbow" method but they usually do a lot of wrench turning and know how tight tight they are getting bolts and more so how even from one to the other they are tightening bolts.

And I would bet Bond-o picks up a wrench more than to work on his boat engine once in a while.

Ayuh,.... Atleast Daily,..... Most days, All day....

 

[minuteman62-64]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

I'm no mechanic, and only have a semi-calibrated elbow - but I'd take my best shot at tighting the bolts at the marina and then torque them correctly when I got home. Unless you commonly drive around with a torque wrench its not much diffenrent than what you do when you fix a flat out on the road.

 

[NHGuy]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

Well do 30 foot pounds then!

 

[Don S]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

I'd take my best shot at tighting the bolts at the marina and then torque them correctly when I got home. .

Not a good idea, if your semi-calibrated elbow over torques the bolts, then you go back and re-torque it with a torque wrench you could have less torque. Now you have a leaky gasket. If you torque it without a torque wrench, and it doesn't leak, leave it alone.

To properly re-torque any bolt, you loosen first then re-torque, you don't just put the wrench on it and pull 'till it clicks.

 

[dkellogg3]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

I went back. The extra 12 minutes was worth the peace of mind.

 

[four winns 214]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

I went back. The extra 12 minutes was worth the peace of mind.

It usually is. Now, when was the last time your torque wrench calibration was checked?

 

[dkellogg3]

Re: forgot my torque wrench

Its the bendy kind. Not sure that those get calibrated...