Thanks on that. I first used the "torque stick" 140 with the air gun. then went back to check with the torque wrench. Wonder how else to check the torque wrench?
+1. If I remember I always back them off.ntsqd said:A note of concern that may be misplaced, but if your torque wrench is a "clicker" type and it has been left at some setting other than zero it probably isn't accurate any more. Clickers are notorious for going out of calibration if left on anything other than zero, and sometimes even then.
I like the "beam" type also. Just bend the beam to re-calibrate.ntsqd said:Send it out for calibration. Simple to say (type), maybe not so simple to execute on. I know that Snap-On dealers can have their torque wrenches re-calibrated, I just don't know if they can do any other brands. They don't do it on their trucks, they send them somewhere. I would expect most metropolis' to have instrument calibration firms, one of them can likely do the work.
I reluctantly bought a clicked not long ago. I couldn't see the beam scale in that particular application, but beam types are my preference because you can see when they're out of calibration since the needle tells you so, and you can just bend the needle to "re-calibrate" one of them.