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Default Can you teach me more about lug bolts & related tire tools?

On 2/18/18 4:48 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/18/2018 4:38 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 2/18/18 4:25 PM, ultred ragnusen wrote:

I thought all torque wrenches needed your hand in a
certain given
spot?


Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* They measure torque at the head of the wrench, not
the end of the handle.
Take a wrench with a 2 foot handle.Â* Say it takes 50 pounds
of force at
the end of the handleÂ* to loosen a nut.Â*Â* Take a wrench with
a 4 foot handle.
It will take 25 pounds of force at the end of the that one's
handle to loosen
the same nut.Â*Â* That's why cheater pipes work.


Classic beam scale torque wrenches do indeed rely on a single point load
which is why the handle has a pivot pin. Your comments are correct for
click wrenches.

I don't get the why if this is what you mean by beam scale
torque wrench.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Presa-1-4-in-Drive-0-in-to-80-in-lbs-Beam-Style-Torque-Wrench-CP31006/206975714
or http://alturl.com/wsjx3