- I'm going to teach you the proper way
to use a torque wrench
so that you don't,
over tighten the bolts on your car.
Let's get right into it.
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I've got two different torque wrenches here.
This one has got a half inch drive
and this one has got a three eighths inch drive.
So, the bigger one goes up to a
higher torque specification,
and this one goes up to a lower torque spec.
So, you can start lower
and go a little bit less than the big one.
This one
starts higher and goes up to a higher number.
"Why exactly do you need a torque wrench?" you may ask.
Well, a torque wrench will allow you to set a
specific torque value
that you can look up in the manufacturer's manual
so that you don't end up
over torquing a bolt and breaking it.
Hey, let me know if you've ever
messed up the torque in your car
or you've broken or over tighten the bolt.
Let me know in the comments below,
I kind of want to hear this story.
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So, this torque wrench
goes from 20 pounds feet up to 140.
I want to set it to 87.5
because that's what's listed in my Audi S3,
but we don't really need to do that
exact of number.
This can't go to half pounds, feet.
So, I'm just going to take this up to 88.
So, let me show you how to do that.
So basically you grip,
you grip this and here
you grab this end with your other hand,
hold it
and you just start twisting it.
Now let's see.
So, we're getting up to,
all right, that's
getting up to 60.
I'm gonna bring this up to
80 next.
You can see now when the zero is aligned
with the 80 here, that means I'm at 80.
So, all I need to do
is need to bring the numbers up.
Sorry. It's a little hard to see,
but bring it up to
88.
And that's where we are. That's 88 pounds feet.
If I want to bring it up to 90,
I just need to bring this line
up to the zero,
where the 90 is.
And now it's at 90.
I'm on the three eighths inch torque wrench right now,
and let's say that I want to
set it to 43.5 pounds feet.
It's really simple.
It's got numbers along the shaft,
and it's also got a handle with a dial on it.
So, all I need to do,
is the same as the last time,
let's rotate it up to 40.
So, the zero line
is up with the 40.
And there we go.
There's 40 and let's bring it up to 43.5,
rotate it a little bit more,
two and a half,
three and a half. There's 43.5.
Notice this one has a locking mechanism.
You might want to lock it before you start using it.
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Now it's time to torque the bolts in my cars.
First, we're gonna start with my 2016 Audi
and then we're going to go
to my 1989 Nissan 240 SX.
They're a little bit different,
but first let's talk about extensions.
Can you, or should you use an extension in your socket?
Well, in the case of this Audi
it's actually necessary, because the torque wrench
won't clear the fender
because the socket is not deep enough.
Let me show you what I mean.
Let me just put this
on here.
This handle is touching the paint work,
we can't have that,
so I've got to use an extension.
It's fine to do that
I'm gonna put it in.
So, all you need is,
all you need is one click to get this done.
You get two clicks, you've over torqued it.
One click is all you need,
stop after the one click,
put your hand here just to stabilize it,
other hand here.
And.
(clicking)
That's it. You stop.
You want to go on a cross pattern.
(clicking)
One click
(clicking)
and that's it.
Now let's take a quick look at my
1989 Nissan 240 SX.
It has a different style of wheel bolt.
You can see this wheel bolt
has these little splines on it.
So, for this particular application,
I need to use this adapter,
which has special splines inside.
You probably can't see that
and it fits right over it like that.
Now, in most cars
you're not necessarily gonna have to do this.
However, in my 240,
I've got these special wheel bolts.
I'm just going to put this on.
You almost start by hand
and I'm just going to get it rolling like that.
I've got a 21 millimeter,
which happens to work for this application.
That's going to fit over here very nicely.
So, set my torque wrench to 90 pounds.
All I'm going to do is I'm going to put it in,
listen for that single click,
(clicking)
and you're done.
That's it.
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some basic wrenching,
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