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Originally Posted by Ferdman
Mike, I missed the fact the original post was in 2001.
ejboyd5 makes a good point about resetting the torque wrench to 0 before storing it. I do that religiously, according to the instruction manual as I recall. But these days I am not sure how many folks bother to read instruction manuals, at least not my kids who are in their 30's.
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Actually, they should be set at the lowest functional setting, so if the torque range is from 20 to 150 foot pounds, it should be stored at 20. I suppose this is to keep a minimal amount of tension so that things inside donīt shuffle about.