Not quite as sexy as it sounds, but...
Can anyone tell me if there are any definitions of how tight "finger tight" or "hand tight" is? How does it relate to a torque reading - surely we've all got hands of different torque? ;-)
Whilst I'm here, has anyone got a recommendation for a small torque wrench - one in the range of about 5 Nm to perhaps 25 Nm.
Thanks in advance,
David Paste.
NO, badly, yes.
They're pricey as you only tend to find decent ones, Norbar SL0, Britool AVT300A if you're feeling flush, there's a teng one if not.
I thought we all measured in BSGs?
(British Standard Grunts....ie. 'tighten to 2 grunts')
OK, cheers.
Argh! But what's your grunt threshold?!
99% of the time, it really doesn't matter.
Three. Loose, Tight or... Broken.
Tighten it to Broken and then back it off a bit, say 20%.
I knew there'd be a trick!
Fair enough. The reason I was wondering is because of the possibility of warping delicate things like plastic or thin metal parts by over- tightening them. Don't fancy that.
For "Finger Tight" I always do it up to about to 25 lbin then undo a fraction. Say 2 degrees. It's bloody anoying when you have to get pliers on a battery wing nut that should have been "Finger Tight".
Slatts
Indeed, however, I managed to snap mine!
Inch pounds - not foot pounds.
or even pound inches not pound foot :)
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