[Spridgets] Question re. Torque wrench with extension

Lester oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Sat Jun 14 12:49:52 MDT 2008


.. and where is the applet??

Lester

On Jun 14, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Dave G. wrote:

> I should add... I'm not talking about adding a cheater bar on the  
> end, but
> adding an extension in-line with the socket to get to a hard to  
> reach nut...
>
> I know that increasing the length of the bar alters the torque...   
> there is a
> little windows applet for calcualting that one...
>
> On 14 Jun 2008 at 11:36, Dave G. wrote:
>
>>> Somewhere in the back of my mind, a little voice keeps telling me  
>>> that
>>> if I use a 12" extension on my torque wrench, then the calibration  
>>> mo
>>> longer holds true...
>>>
>>> Am I mis-remembering something??
>>>
>>> Yes... I *am* getting old  <Sad Grin>
>>>
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>>> '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA
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