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A veteran tech in Phoenix watched me torque a crank bolt and just shook his head
He said 'Kid, you're trusting the click over your arm. Feel it.' I've used a beam-type torque wrench for crank jobs ever since. Anyone else get that kind of old-school advice that stuck with you?
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walker.grace3mo ago
Honestly that sounds a bit over the top. A good click wrench is plenty accurate if you calibrate it. The old guy was probably just being dramatic.
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spencerl323mo ago
Wait, you were using a click wrench on a crank bolt?
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laurabennett2mo ago
Plenty accurate" is doing a lot of work there. Have you ever actually checked the torque on a crank bolt after using a click wrench on it? The angle matters just as much as the torque, and most click wrenches don't do angle. That old guy might have seen a lot of stripped threads or snapped bolts from people trusting just the click.
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