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#85568 07/15/03 09:37 AM
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[Linked Image from users.stargate.net]

A picture is worth 1000 (curse) words...

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 07-15-2003).]


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#85569 07/15/03 09:17 PM
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Virg,
Has that same ole inspector been at it again? [Linked Image]


Donnie
#85570 07/17/03 06:39 PM
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What am I missing? I didn't spot the problem.


Oops, now I see it. Those markings on the lugs are your original torque marks. Right?
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Tom

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#85571 07/17/03 08:02 PM
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explain it one more time please, cold flow, or whatever makes this a bad thing to do

#85572 07/17/03 09:53 PM
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Sparky,
Look at this thread , and this one .
Don


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#85573 07/18/03 07:09 AM
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thank you Don.

in a perfect world, i'm agreeable to this ideal.

as to all the old work in the world, all bets are off....

allbeit, much of what is out there never realized a tourqe spec in the first place

#85574 07/18/03 01:41 PM
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Virgil,

You gotta explain to folks what it is like to have coal miners & ex-coal miners around. I've never met one that could resist tweaking any adjusment knob they've ever seen and it ain't tight 'till it squeeks & glows red. [Linked Image]

American measurements of torque- inch pounds, foot pounds & erks. Erk is the sound the fastener makes as you approach its maximum tensile strength.

Tom


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#85575 07/18/03 02:11 PM
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Once the maximum amount of Erks has been reached, the next sound is usually something that shouldn't be printed here...

#85576 07/21/03 09:04 AM
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Speaking of torque specs, when installing box clamps or other items with lock rings, does anyone know the correct number of ft-lbs to apply to the screwdriver with the hammer?

#85577 08/01/03 07:03 PM
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FWIW:
I just watched a Journeyman electrician retorque some lugs to well over 30 pounds-feet, with a calibrated (have the paper) pounds-inch torque wrench set to 100 lbs-in. (watched it being set by the UPS tech and verified it). Some people just don't get it.
Jim


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