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Default Torque wrench question

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:36:53 -0400, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

Just picked up my newly sharpened blades from the mower place. The repair
guys said "Make damn sure you tighten the bolts right. There's no way to get
the required 40 ft/lb torque with a 3/8" drive. With a breaker bar, yes, but
not with a 3/8 torque wrench." I have a 3/8" drive Matco torque wrench with
adjustments from 10 to 100 ft lbs.


Sure, 100 pounds. Ten pounds.

But what makes you think you can do 40 pounds?

LOL

It's 18" long, bigger than any breaker
bar I have.

What's this repair guy talking about?