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Old 11-10-2020, 02:21 PM
Frank Reiner Frank Reiner is offline
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Originally Posted by carneades View Post
The most likely scenario, it seems to me, is that I tightened to spec or beyond by accident before I put the torque wrench on, and so, since I was already over the limit I set on the wrench, I never got any feedback from it. If this is true, then I have massively over-torqued the bolt, extracting it will be very difficult, and I fear for the threads in the head.
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Originally Posted by carneades View Post
I'll do the protrusion comparison this weekend.
1) [See highlight] If the bolt had already been tightened to a torque that was greater than the setting on the wrench, then the wrench would immediately click without any further rotation of the bolt.

2) Insert the bolt with washer thru the shaft stand and observe the number of threads exposed. Five or more, no problem. If four, just make sure that the torque wrench is set correctly.
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