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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner
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.
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That's the behavior I'd hope to see, but I've never started a torque wrench in over-torque, so I didn't know what to expect.
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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner
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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I decided to go ahead and look at this. Here is a photo. The perspective makes it hard to see the relative lengths, but there are certainly more than five threads exposed. What is special about that threshold?