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Old 03-17-2005, 02:15 PM
Duke2.6 Duke2.6 is offline
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Yes, but 5 lb-ft is tough to gage with a conventional lb-ft torque wrench, either beam or click type, that reads to 150 lb-ft. They aren't accurate enough at the low end of the scale to be reliable below about 15 lb-ft.

For small torque specs one should have about a 300 lb-in torque wrench. I have an old beam type with this scale.

For setting up axle and steering gear bearing preloads, a 25 lb-in torque wrench is necessary.

Duke
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