Big Torque Wrench

[Ranchofla]

One way would be to use those color coded torsion rods that many tire shops now use.
They usually come in a kit of 5 or more, about 6" long.
As an example 1/2" fine thread uses 3/4" nut and all studs are of a given grade (12?)so the torque is a standard SAE spec.
Standard metric specs also exist.
Generally the tire guy simply uses an air gun and cranks it up all the way with the torque bar setting the limit for that size thread/nut.
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LOL, the garage always installed my rims so tight that I needed a 3 ft pipe to crack the nuts.
Based on that fact I simply tightened as much as I physically could with my 3/8 breaker bar and figured I was good to go. Never lost a rim!

Guess I learned something today, never seen Torque Limiting Extensions before, I have always used my 19.2 volt impact driver, figured if it could break it loose then it should have enough torque to tighten it up.

Cheers

Rancho

 

[pmsmechanic]

Guess I learned something today, never seen Torque Limiting Extensions before, I have always used my 19.2 volt impact driver, figured if it could break it loose then it should have enough torque to tighten it up.

Cheers

Rancho

This is what I used to do until I realized that i was over tightening lug nuts and bolts.