Took me 6 years to figure out my torque wrench was clicking but not actually torquing

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Did you ever check it with a torque tester or just kind of go on faith that the clicking was working? I had a similar thing happen with a cheap beam-style wrench where the needle was bent but I didn't notice for way too long. On high torque settings it would just slip past the mark and I'd over-tighten everything. What kind of stuff were you torquing that had enough room for error for that long without a bolt snapping or something stripping out?

piper77928d ago

People freak out way too much about torque wrenches like we're building rocket ships.

torres.thea28d ago

Whoa, hold on. Did you actually send that beam-style wrench back and make the store test it to prove the needle was bent, or did you just pitch it and move on?