Chillimau
Silver Member
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2001
- Messages
- 211
- Location
- Prairie View, OK
- Tractor
- Yanmar 147, 1987 Model Made for USA (not a grey)
An extension such as a deep well socket ( a very short extension) or any other length extension is not going to change the torque reading. The length of the lever, the torque wrench hasn't changed.
However, using something like a crows foot which changes the effective length of your torque wrench will need adjustments to the setting to get the proper torque applied to the fastener. With a crows foot or some other type of offset attachement you have a longer lever and will not need to apply the same amount of force to get the proper torque.
An engineer could give us a formula for this but I think the "moment" is force x length? This would allow you to correct for the added length and set the torque wrench to the proper setting .
However, using something like a crows foot which changes the effective length of your torque wrench will need adjustments to the setting to get the proper torque applied to the fastener. With a crows foot or some other type of offset attachement you have a longer lever and will not need to apply the same amount of force to get the proper torque.
An engineer could give us a formula for this but I think the "moment" is force x length? This would allow you to correct for the added length and set the torque wrench to the proper setting .