The Medway Handyman wrote:

What's going on here? Is there 'torque' & 'torque'? Is it something to do
with Clarkson?

To quote from:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...driver#The_bad


"Finally there are some (relatively rare) situations where in spite of
their significantly higher torque, they will be unable to move a fixing
that a conventional drill driver will move. This only happens when the
fixing you are trying to turn is quite elastic and able to absorb the
full moment of the rotational impact, without the end already driven
into the wood turning. Moving this type of stuck fixing requires
continuous torque to "wind up" the fixing and absorb the backlash."

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Cheers,

John.

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