coffelt2 wrote:

"Dan" wrote in message
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coffelt2 wrote:
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In the Air Farce we were supposed to click the break type torque
wrench three times at the lowest setting before using it. This was
supposed to spread the lubrication inside.

I like the idea of taking the wrench to a shop to check
calibration. Having said that, in my first shop in the USAF we
calibrated torque wrenches so I may be a tad biased. The machine we
used was huge and probably weighed close to a ton. Torque wrenches
in the USAF are periodically calibrated, I forget the cycle, and
taken in for calibration if dropped or abused.
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Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Heck, Dan, in the Air Force there was an alternate torque measuring
system that didn't even require a torque wrench. (PMEL calibrated, of
course)
Simply "strip" it and back off one half turn. Farm boys from Georgia
taught
me that.

Old Chief Lynn

We used the "tighten it until it breaks, then back off a half turn"
and the "finger tight, plus a quarter turn" methods. QC wasn't fond of
the response "two clicks of the left elbow" when we were asked what
the proper torque was. Wasn't the -2 T.O. series issued to sit on or
to protect ones knees on a B-4 stand? Not that I ever did that, you
understand, but there was talk.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Oh, yeah! Been retired for more than 30 years, and knees still have
the B-4 stand grate imprint. Never realized the -2 was so versatile!

Old Chief Lynn

Checklists were also great on grates. Pity they weren't good for
protection from joining the KC-135 waffle head club, I joined in 1975.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired