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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Artic Fox, I have 2 torque wrenches 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch and neither one of these go that low in torque settings, the 1/4 inch should be in that range. I thnk the harbor freight ones are around $10, you may also find these at Lowes and Ace hardware, as well as Home depot.
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Torque wrenchs are not accurate in lower 20 percent of the torque range unless they are specifically calibrated in that range. This why VT is recommending 1/4" in pounds torque wrench. Torque wrenches are calibrated to plus or mini 1. So this means inch pound torque wrench is probably 12 times more accurate that foot pounds torque wrench. I was aircraft engine mechanic for 40 years, never used foot pounds torque wrench. Had some inch pounds torque wrench up 4000 in pounds, anything over that used multiplier.