A customer in my bay said my torque wrench clicks were too fast to be accurate

He was right, I was rushing the final pass on lug nuts. Slowed it down to a steady pull and my re-check readings are way more consistent now. Anyone else get called out for rushing torque specs?

4 comments

4 Comments

green.noah2d ago

Actually, the click doesn't mean it's done, it just means you hit the set torque. You still gotta finish the pull in one smooth motion, or it can settle wrong. Rushing past the click is how you end up with false readings.

fionam112d ago

Oh yeah, that's a good reminder. I've caught myself doing the same thing when I'm trying to finish up a job. A slow, even pull makes all the difference. It's easy to get into a rhythm and rush it, but the tool is designed to work a certain way for a reason.

wendy_henderson212d ago

Totally! @fionam11 is spot on. I ruined a whole strip of trim last month because I got impatient and yanked. That slow pull feels wrong when you're tired, but it's the only way the teeth grab right. Learned that the hard way.

hannah_wells2d ago

My old shop foreman in Dayton always said a click is a click. If the wrench is calibrated, the speed you pull shouldn't matter as long as you hear it. We used to zip through lug nuts on fleet vans all day and never had a comeback for loose wheels. Sometimes overthinking the pull just costs you time.