Stripped oil drain threads

[patrick_777]

Originally Posted by Badbob

Are you sure your torque wrench is working correctly? I'm always concerned about this.

Are you sure you are setting it correctly if its a click stick? I've seen people break bolts because they were not setting the wrench correctly. It doesn't hurt to double check this.

This is a great point. My torque wrench, I almost found out the hard way, has a inch-pound gauge instead of a foot-pound gauge -- which means I have to multiply everything by twelve and figure out how to set up the wrench first. Not a terribly hard thing to do, but when you're neck deep in chain oil and lawn clippings (it was a little windy yesterday), you're not really in the mood to multiply 47 by 12 in your head, subtract that from 600 and divide everything by 2, just to get the right number to twist the handle to.

Also, are those certified in any way? It seems like it could be wildly inaccurate.