my take on torque

[auditude at cox.net]

Wow, people are up and writing about this!  My stuff is bee-low.

> SJ syljay at optonline.net 
> 
> > From: <auditude at cox.net>
> >
> > > Changing the extender length at the socket, and/or changing the torque
> > > wrench length(not by adding a pipe, but using a longer wrench) affects
> the
> > > resultant torque at the bolt.
> >
> > This is the statement I have a problem with, the part about a longer
> torque wrench changing the bolt torque.  Why?  You still stop applying force
> when the torque wrench tells you that the bolt has achieved the required
> torque (by either clicking or pointing to the right spot on the scale).
>
> **** You are forgetting that the extender lengthens the lever length. The
> Force on the end of the lever is the same . . .but the lever has just been
> lengthened by the length of tool 2079.
> Thats why this thread is so long, the concept is hard to visualize.
> Do some of the homework assignments that I have posted. They will
> demonstrate the concept.

SJ, I'm not talking about with an extension.  You keep writing that different length torque 
wrenches affect the amount of torque the bolt gets, with the wrenches set the same.  I'm 
saying it's not right.

I'll paste just the part I disagree with:

"...changing the torque wrench length(not by adding a pipe, but using a longer wrench) 
affects the resultant torque at the bolt."

Or if I can edit it further and keep it's meaning as I understand it:

"using a longer torque wrench affects the resultant torque at the bolt."

I say "no", because the torque wrenches are designed to be the length they are, and 
therefore the torque "setting" is the same as the torque "applied".

Are you saying anything different than that?  Forget the extension in this question, please.

Cheers!

Ken