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Tried a new torque wrench on a Detroit Series 60 head job after my old one gave out
My old clicker wrench was a cheap one from a truck stop, and it was always a bit of a guess. For this rebuild, I grabbed a Snap-on TechAngle from the tool truck, set it to 310 ft-lbs for the main caps. The digital angle readout and the beep made it impossible to mess up, felt way more solid than just waiting for a click. Anyone else made a switch like that and noticed a real difference in confidence on big jobs?
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emeryfox18d ago
Heard a buddy of mine swear he cracked a block on a Cat C15 because his old beam-style wrench was reading wrong. He got one of those digital angle torque wrenches for the next rebuild, said it felt like cheating because you just watch the numbers.
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matthew12218d ago
Wait, he cracked a C15 block? That's a serious chunk of iron, @emeryfox. How far off was that old wrench reading, you ever find out?
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victor2196d ago
Guess your buddy's old wrench was playing a game of "how much torque can you hide," @emeryfox.
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