I noticed when torquing some gaskets to specs with a beam style wrench if you hold it at the specified torque setting for several seconds the wrench will still continue to rotate quite a bit at that specified torque before it wants to a stop tightening holding that same torque. I tend to like to maintain the steady torque until rotation has stopped, but there's no sure way to read the torque with a clicker style torque wrench without digital dispay.
I come across a lot of bolts in the field that seem to tend relieve and loosen over time. I was wondering if most of you just release the pressure after the wrench clicks or try to maintain steady pressure at that torque setting a little longer to more fully compress the gasket?
I come across a lot of bolts in the field that seem to tend relieve and loosen over time. I was wondering if most of you just release the pressure after the wrench clicks or try to maintain steady pressure at that torque setting a little longer to more fully compress the gasket?
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