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Originally Posted by TunafishE93
I set torque wrench to 17foot pounds, treads were not lubed.. I have never broke a plug not using a torque wrench and I been wrenching for twenty years.. A torque wrench will let to over torque a bolt, its supposed to click when your there but if you ignore the click or don't get a click than wrench will keep on torqueing, the later was me and from what I read is due to using the wrench on the lower part of the torque rating..
This is a good read on the lower range issue...
https://thumpertalk.com/forums/topic...run-into-this/
This also talks about the low range issue..
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/...broken.181617/ |
As someone who hates torquing stuff by feel this worries me a quite a bit lol. I honnestly torque everything almost. Was your engine stone cold to?
Never had issues yet torquing plugs or drain plugs with my Tekton 3/8 wrench, it's 10ft lbs to 80ft lbs range.