RE: Torqueing Head Bolts

["W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>]

On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, Matt Silveira x292 wrote:

> If you use an extension, factor that into your torquing equation,
> especially for a beam type wrench!

This doesn't sound right to me.  Assuming the extension is at right angles
to the handle along the axis of the nut or bolt being torqued, I cannot
see what it would have to do with anything.  I have never seen any other
kind of extension.  Can anyone explain? 

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910