DIYbanter - View Single Post - Torque to 80 lb-in how?

Bob F

wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:15:40 -0400, "MiamiCuse"
wrote:

I am using no hub couplings to connect drain pipes and the couplings
are made of stainless steel clamps with a 3/8" hex head with
specifications called for tightening to 80 pound-in.

I have a torque wrench that will tighten to 60 pound-inch and then
releases but not 80, and I don't want to pay a lot of money to for a
90 pound-in torque wrench just to tighten 2 couplings and will not
have a use for it ever. Is there any trick anyone can think of that
would allow me to tighen to that specification?

Thanks,

MC

Use an extention to increase the leverage between the click mechanism
and the screw head. Or use a pull scale on the end of a wrench and do
the calculations for length. 8 lbs on a 10 inch wrench would do it.

That would be "two fingers" on a 10 inch wrench.