12-28-2006, 04:38 PM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
MA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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They just want to avoid liability when you build your motor and it comes apart, and the lawyer claims the torque wrench was not accurate enough.
I counted 13 warning signs on a dumpster the other day!
Do not worry, use it on everything. But first, find a friend with an expensive torque wrench and compare them at 75 and 100 ft-lbs. Then you can offset it a few pounds if it really is off by 4%.
Using a torque wrench on tires does not make it inaccurate. But dropping it on the floor will 
My Craftsman torque wrench is almost 40 years old, and it was within 2 ft-lbs at 100 ft-lbs when I checked it last year.
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