On 15/8/19 2:31 pm, rbowman wrote:
On 08/14/2019 09:37 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:23:12 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 08/14/2019 07:34 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:20:07 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:57:38 -0500, Terry Coombs
wrote:

On 8/14/2019 5:52 PM, wrote:
Why else would
they put a reversible ratchet head on a torque wrench????

Ask* DeWalt** or** all the other* wrench companies* ..
*** John T.


* Bite the bullet John , Clare nailed it . Torque wrenches are NOT
designed to loosen fasteners . Why do you think they call them
"BREAKER"
bars ?



I'm not arguing with* Clare* or* DeWalt* ...* except* -
..* why do they put a* reverse* option* ?
*on the cheap* homeowner* torque wrench* that
is not meant for* that** task* ?
..** and then** print* strict warnings* to* never* use it
*to* loosen a* lug nut* ...
*John T.


because, like I said, you sometimes need to torque a LEFT HAND
THREADED FASTENER.
*My 1/2 inch drive Snap-On micro-adjusting click torque wrench is now
ell over 40 years old - they don't have the jigs for recalibrating it
any more - and it has been used "in reverse" fairly often - but NOT as
a "breaker bar"


My 1/2" drive beam torque wrench is getting old too. It still works.
*My beam wrench is likely older than me - not much to go wrong on them


I remember the blurb from a Sturtevant that as long as the needle
pointed at zero it was accurate until the beam broke. I don't think I
have to worry about that in this lifetime. For most things I depend on
my calibrated fingers.

You have a set too, eh? I used to use them on those pesky left hand
threaded wheel nuts.

--

Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)