Thread: torque wrench question- 1/2 or 3/8 inch size?
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:52 AM
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Yes, unwise. Especially when breaker bars are so inexpensive compared to a torque wrench.

BTW, generally speaking, the more you use them, the more rapidly they will need to be recalibrated (click types). Hard pulling, busting stubborn nuts, leveraging etc, all will shorten the life of it.

A torque wrench is for fine adjustments not for brute force applications.

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