Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
I need to change a valve cover gasket. I have an old (but little used) beam style torque wrench. I know how to check the accuracy of a torque wrench, but I started wondering how much difference it would make in this situation if it was off by even as much as 25%. If I tighten the bolts until I encounter resistance, then finish each one with the torque wrench to the specified torque, isn't it going to be more important that the bolts are all the same then that they're at a specific amount of foot pounds, as long as they're in the general desired range?
Stan
Stan