Originally Posted by Spanner Juggler
When I was an apprentice my old foreman only told us 3 settings, ‘Nip it Up’, ‘Tight’, ‘FT’.

He was very against torque wrenches and kept it locked in his office and you had to ask, he would then tear you off a strip as you were supposed to learn the ‘feel’, I never agreed and years later would give apprentices a rocket if they didn’t use one.

Times change I guess.

BR
Colin

My old mam was the same, never owned or believed in TR's, i later learned they were no good for certain jobs, imp cyclinder heads for one, we used to have extra thick Gaskets made and it was all about feel, there was no recommendation for head bolt changes on those type of motors.

Last edited by Dean-Royal; 23/08/20 11:46 AM.
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