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[poundingmill]

I just bought a JD 3005. I've never had a tractor before and I've been reading the owner's manual. The manual recommends using a torque wrench to tighten the wheel bolts and the loader bolts.
I dutifully bought a beam style torque wrench and now I can't get this long wrench up close enough to the wheels to torque the bolts. Do I need an extender? Should I use another type of wrench?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

[RoyJackson]

Just use a 6" extension on your wrench to check torque. Using the extension will result in a negligible loss in the torque, so set your wrench a couple of feet-lbs (or newton-meters) above the manual's values.

Deflecting beam torque wrenches are robust, but not as easy to use as a micrometer setting (click type) wrench. It's tough to read the torque on the deflecting beam when you are tightening. You might want to invest in a micrometer setting type wrench. If you do buy one, turn it back to zero when finished using it. Leaving a micrometer setting torque wrench set a a value can result in the torsion bar taking a "set" and losing accuracy.

 

[poundingmill]

Thanks for the suggestion, Roy. I'll certainly try that.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Even easier, you can get a torque limiter for your air gun. I have tested these with a freshly calibrated Snap-on torque wrench and found them very accurate.