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Originally Posted by bonehead
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Originally Posted by dannylightning
i used a torque wrench ........... i may have used it to get the wheel off too,
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Not a good idea. You should use a spanner (wrench?) The torque wrench is used to TIGHTEN to the correct torque. If the nut has been tightened up too tight, you stand a chance of damaging the torque wrench.  Also, the last one that I borrowed (a few years ago) had a ratchet that only worked clockwise, to stop you loosening the nuts with it. Dunno how that would have worked on a left hand thread  |
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my torque wrench is basically a long bar and you operate it by hand, it has a little gauge that lets you know how much pressure you are putting on it, think it was 12 bucks. just a really long bar with a socket fitting on the end a a guage that lets you know how much pressure you are applying.. so if you are taking some thing off that says 47 lbs of torque, you can also see how much pressure you are using to try and loosen something, if you pay attention to that and see it is taking way more pressure than it should to loosen you know not to crank down much harder on it and break something off that is stuck.
that is my opinion on it.