Re: Wheels' Lug nuts loosened unexpectedly

On Jul 19, 8:53 pm, ray <rollingviolat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Doesn't calibrating a torque wrench cost as much as buying
> > a new one?
>
> > This Sears Craftsman's cost $80, which is about the
> > price of calibration, I think.
>
> A local place did mine for about $40.
>
> I was informed new torque wrenches can be off by 15%.

       Easily. I bought two US-made Husky torque wrenches and the
calibrating guys had to work on them for some time to get them
anywhere near accurate. Cost more than the wrenches. And that's for
good wrenches, not the cheap stuff found in some places now. Sears
here in Canada sells Chinese-made tools, has been for a long time,
while Sears in the US might still be selling better US-made wrenches.
Dunno. Cheap wrenches, at any rate, could be 30% off and have very
poor repeatability, giving a different torque every time the wrench is
set to zero and then back to the desired setting.

        Dan