All that REALLY has to be torqued on these cars is high-stress stuff like
main and rod caps, crankshaft nuts, head studs/nuts, some
transmission/overdrive and rear axle parts, etc. Front wheel bearings on
some unmentionable-brand LBC's too.
I've always used the same 120 (as I recall) ft-lb Craftsman beam torque
wrench, till lately when I began to need a second set of tools, and when I
began regularly torquing smaller items in the low inch-pound range. Still
all beams for me though - all Craftsman too except a neat little Indestro
low inch-pound one I got off eBay a few weeks ago.
Why beam-style ? Because they really don't go out of calibration. The
clickers should be calibrated fairly often - and there's more to go wrong.
A beam is pretty much good for life in my type of use. I did check my
original once a few years ago - maybe around its 35th year of use - and it
was closer than I could read the pointer over virtually the whole range.
I use tape marks on the scale for repetitive tasks, and to do something out
of position, I use tape marks to help "read" the back side of the scale.
Karl
> Up until the need to crank the rear hub's axle nut to 220-250 lbs, the
> Sears
> 1/2" drive that went to 150 met all my needs for: lug nuts, suspension,
> flywheel, fan eliminator kit etc. I prefer the "click" type because you
> can't always see a dial or a beam but you can hear that click.
>
> Bob
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