Return-Path: Received: from [24.50.193.34] (HELO dell) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP-TLS id 2041237 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:07:51 -0500 Message-ID: <01cb01c2e071$4b38dfe0$053b3690@dell> From: "Rob Logan" To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Re: proper toque values/calibration Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:07:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "Richard Eddinger" If all of this is so why have a torque wrench in your toolbox at all? These big company's the Government and any one that use torque wrench's could make a bunch of money if they through the wrenches in the trash.How about the times when you don't torque a nut or bolt to maximum but only to a semi known load value such as we do when we torque bolts or nuts on composite construction to make it secure but not damage the connection same is true on aluminum or basically any type of substance. I don't know of any case where you would ever torque to maximum. Instead you would use a higher tensile strength bolt. Beats me which is correct just what I have been taught over the years. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks but this old dog is ready to learn. Dick & Nancy mrsrb1@msn.com