How to Adjust / Use / Store A Torque Wrench - Tighten Car Lug Nuts (Video 1)

This video will show you how to adjust a torque wrench and use it to tighten wheel lug nuts. Also will talk about some of the things you need to do to take care of a torque wrench so you will get many years of use out of it.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Torque
• Wrench
• How
• To
• Adjust
• setting
• Use
• Store
• Tighten
• Car
• Lug
• Nuts
• wheel

[julisensei]

Thanks for the video ... saved us SO MUCH TROUBLE. My dad got the Mastercraft micro adjusting torque wrench and we've been looking at this ??! manual and it didn't make ANY sense. Your quick demo was concise and made sense -- took us less than 2 minutes to figure it out. Thanks again!

[dial2fast]

@julisensei I know those manuals don't clearly explain how the torque is adjusted. I don't know why they can't do a better job with it. But I am glad my video is able to help. Enjoy the project you and your dad is working on.

[bludika]

@dial2fast Hey just a quick question, I'm replacing a handbrake in my car which has 3 bolts that need to be at a torque spec of about 15-18 ft/lbs or torque which i understand, but I'm wondering, do I first need to put in the bolt and just hand tighten first then use a torque wrench OR do i need to put the bolt in then use a torque wrench from the start?

[dial2fast]

@bludika You can hand tighten the nut with a socket first. Once it's feeling some resistance, then use the torque wrench to torque to spec.

[kingstonzincfence]

I thought once it clicks you cant possibly tighten anymore. So then, is it possible to over-tighten even though you have set the torque to the correct specification? In other words, if I miss hearing the click or tighten too fast I might over-tighten?

[dial2fast]

@kingstonzincfence Once you hear the click, you can continue to tighten the wrench. So if you don't stop when you hear/feel the click, you can over tighten. Because you can both hear and feel the clicking, there is no reason to miss it.

[hentosama]

hey thanks man, im just done doing my tire rotation and got this, turns out i was over tightening by hand in the past, so now im using the correct ft/lb setting, and i was about to store it like that!, good that i saw your video :O (the store sold this with no manual)

[Ibringthetruth1]

found a webpage on how these work and what makes the click. interesting. spring,ratchet and prawl which is a little metal cube which makes the click.

[mmadden123]

Thanks, great lesson, appreciate it!

[bludika]

@dial2fast oh okay, thank you for the reply