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Subject:Re: Click type torque wrench
From:Mike Catlin
Date:Tue, 9 May 1995 20:48:56 -0700 (PDT)

On Tue, 9 May 1995, James Brill wrote:

>... I was under the impression that when the 
> bolt reached its specified torque that the wrench would just skip or 
> something.  But you could continue to torque.  So I figured that click
> was the signal that I had better stop turning...

Yes, that little click is the only indication you will get on when to 
stop pulling.  At settings in the low part of the tool's range, the click 
may be very soft and easy to miss, thus easy to over torque.

Mike <mjcatlin@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us>