Use a 2-foot-long wrench and apply 50 pounds of force, and you'll have 100 ft-lb, which, happily, is just about as long as most lug wrenches, and as much force as most elbows are happy cranking on.

Using a torque wrench can be simple, but as with most tools, it helps to understand how the tool works and why it's necessary to the task. In construction and automotive work, proper torque is ...

Using a torque wrench can be simple, but as with most tools, it helps to understand how the tool works and why it's necessary to the task. In construction and automotive work, proper torque is ...

If your wrench handle is one foot long and you push on it with 25 lbs. of force, you are tightening the bolt with 25 ft.-lbs. of torque. There are two ways to measure it: make a wild guess or use ...

A Torque Wrench That's Been Dropped Can't be Trusted It's a fact of life that stuff gets dropped, knocked off workbenches, and generally treated to many different forms of abuse that they may or ...

A ½” drive torque wrench, a jack and jack stands, practically pay for themselves after just one year of swapping your wheels each spring and fall. This cost savings scale if your household has ...

6. Tightening the New Seal Gland Use the pin wrench to tighten the new seal gland while using a 5⁄8-inch box wrench on the starboard end of the piston rod for counter torque. To replace the starboard ...