Juicybusa2
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Buttoning up the JD 60 yesterday and went to torque the head nuts. They have a final torque value of 150 lb-ft. 60-nice click-80 nice click-100 hmm pulling pretty hard and moving the nuts several degrees of rotation and no click. Hmm not a professional mechanic but nearly always have a repair or engine project in progress. Fortunately for me that gives me a decent idea of what 100 lb-ft feels like. Got my other 1/2 in drive torque wrench out and immediately clicked at 100, then 110,120.130,140 WTF! Set the wrench for 150 and successfully applied final torque. Being the natural cynic and skeptic that everyone says I am, I had to double check with a friends borrowed wrench and all was good. The lesson is don't always blindly follow an instrument or wrench if it is obviously counterintuitive to your experience and gut feeling. Double check your results in situations like this and save yourself the cost and grief. Lol