Torque Wrenches

[Alan Pritchard]

im afraid im having great difficulty with that concept. After all, torque is
a force about an axis at a given distance. As long as you are rotating that
wrench about the axis of the square drive the mechanism will always react at
the same point. 

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Todd Young [mailto:auditodd at comcast.net] 
Sent:	02 December 2003 16:07
To:	Alan Pritchard
Cc:	Q-List
Subject:	Re: Torque Wrenches

Not true for the "clicker" type torque wrenches. You MUST apply force 
ONLY on the handle of the wrench. Applying torque any other place or 
with a handle "extension" will NOT give you the proper torque.

Alan Pritchard wrote:
> Untrue, the style of torque wrench, where you dial in a torque and it
clicks
> once that point is reached, will always click at the same torque,
> independent of lever length.

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Todd Young
7079 Dawn Ave. E.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076