Date:         Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:25:00 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Torque wrench; click style,
              calibration; or how to waste half a day.

Greetings and Salutations;
        This is a typical M.O. for me; start of with a simple job and it
spirals out of control in complexity. I started out replacing a torn CV
boot. Whilst torquing down the bolts I wondered how accurate the click
wrench was. It was not to hard to rig up something to compare it to my
bar type torque wrench. There was a 12 foot-pound difference in one
direction and about thirty ft-lbs in the other direction!!! This was a
cheapy with "Shin-Ling" or something to that effect stamped in it. I
guess you get what you pay for so beware.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

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