Torque wrench question.

[Kneale Brownson]

At 06:53 AM 12/2/2003 -0500, Louis A. Mulieri wrote:

>	My old torque wrench (from '40s) indicates torque in ft-lbs AT THE 
>SOCKET AXIS. If I place an extension on it's handle the indicator retains 
>original calibration no matter how long the bar is extended. The only 
>result of the extension is to need less force at the handle. Do modern 
>torque wrenches read out torque by measuring force on the handle and 
>multiplying it by it's fixed bar length? 


That was what I was trying to say, Louis.  Doesn't matter how LOOOOOng your
torque wrench is, the square drive part delivers whatever the indicated
torque is.