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> Greg and all,
>
> This was a great explanation done in true engineer style ;-)) and confirms
> that what I've been doing when using an extension on a torque wrench. Well
> done!
> torque testing machine and discovered that the expensive GREY wrench was
> applying almost *twice* the amount of torque that it was set for. The
> "cheap" Can. Tire wrench was almost bang on.
>
**** I do have my doubts about those fancy "clicker" torque wrenches. I
have more trust in the simple beam-deflection wrenches, because there's
really nothing in them to go out of calibration, unless the steel of the
wrench were to somehow lose its temper.
- Jerry Kaidor
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