Ditto. If all you have is a dry setting, take ten percent off and torque it
lubed. There really isn't a good reason to introduce that kind of randomness
into torquing. The REAL way to torque fasteners is by stretch, but it's
expensive and hard to do in many cases. I'm searching my library for a book
I had on fasteners from ASTME or ASME. A wealth of information. When and if
I find it I'll summarize all the stuff into a short article.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of RCline369@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:52 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Lubed fastners
On most TR torque tables they give you two torques. Spifire head for
example is 45-50 ft.lbs. The 45 is with lube and 50 is dry. I lube all
torqued fasteners. The lube will eliminate galling and keep the torque
wrench from jumping or jerking. I also will not use a click style torque
wrench. Rick Cline
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