

| Subject: | Re: Torque wrenches |
| From: | mark drillock |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:24:05 -0700 |
The Bentley spec for CV bolt torque is 33 ft-lb. Back cover in Group 42 Also on page 42.2 Mark sailingfc @dslextreme.com wrote: > I recently did one of my half-shafts and the first bolt I tried to torque > with my 1/2" drive Craftsman, I stripped the hex. I found out that it was > out of calibration. I used my other Craftsman "clicker" and finished the > job. I ended up carefully taking apart it apart and re-calibrating it > using sandbags of known weight. Another issue is the 25 lb-ft needed for > CV bolts is at the starting point of my wrench and "clickers" are not very > accurate at the lower torque settings......
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