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jim_uny 06-09-2012 14:28:49 24.213.205.190 Report to Moderator	i torqued a ford 361 fe truck motor. had problems with head gasket. was my torque wrench. went to a garage and asked him if he could check it against his. he said he buys snap on for $ 600 - 800 and sends them back yearly to calibrate it. i cant afford that. i buy another from sears. manual says to send to store and they will send out to recalibrate. also check website. was nothing on sears website and i have never gotten anything fixed correctly at sears under 3 months time. went to youtube. two vidoeos explain how to do it with click type, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NylqAhKcQUU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUD81N_TlS8 loosen lock nut at end and adjust with allen wrench. you would be charged $ 25 - 75 to have this done. if you have weight lifting equipment and a digital scale this will take about 10 minutes. also i now have a 3/8 and 1/2 to check quickly to see if accurate. note that these videos are not applicable to beam torque wrenches. [Reply]   [No Email]
jim_uny 06-11-2012 02:55:13 24.213.205.190 Report to Moderator	Re: torque wrench calibration --- lessons learned in reply to jim_uny, 06-09-2012 14:28:49   donovan - instructions manual says to back off 25 % from max and store. came with nice case. [Reply]  [No Email]
Don-Wi 06-10-2012 05:41:38 75.207.170.5 Report to Moderator	Re: torque wrench calibration --- lessons learned in reply to jim_uny, 06-09-2012 14:28:49   I've been told that with the click type you're supposed to back them off before storing to help prevent them from getting out of wack. For the few things we torque on the farm, we've got a beam type. Donovan from Wisconsin [Reply]  [No Email]
oliver90owner 06-10-2012 01:28:56 195.93.21.35 Report to Moderator	Re: torque wrench calibration --- lessons learned in reply to jim_uny, 06-09-2012 14:28:49   Easy enough to check new against old, or any against another. I use Britool torque wrenches (apart from one) and have a range from small to quite large. Never had a problem with any of them, but I don't use them that much. Pulling one against the other gives me a good comparison. The absolute methods are easy enough, too. Don't know how much the weight of the tool makes when tightening hoizontal bolts - I suppose you should finish them with the tool vertical? So a little thought needs to go into home calibration checks... can't just hang weights on and expect perfection. [Reply]  [No Email]
george md 06-09-2012 23:47:20 209.213.167.201 Report to Moderator	Re: torque wrench calibration --- lessons learned in reply to jim_uny, 06-09-2012 14:28:49   Jim, Do yourself a favor, buy a beam type wrench, They are more accurate than a click and they never get out of calibration. We build engines regularly and always use beam wrenches , I have some click type but don't trust them. george [Reply]  [No Email]