Is Your Torque Wrench Accurate? | How to Test or Calibrate your Torque Wrench

Are you snapping bolts or worried your torque wrench is out of spec? Here's a simple guide on how you can calibrate your torque wrench at home.



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[topgun]

My only question is how accurate is the digital adapter?

Great info!! Been wrenching for 50 years and never knew this!!

[risingministries]

Thank you, helped! I love youtube with people like you!

[ohmwrecker]

Thanks for the info I got all 3 sizes of the harbor freight torque wrenches lol. Appreciate it!👏

[sofjanmustopoh]

Mistaken a Torx with Allen head is a caused for a lot of headaches.
Happened to me before 😅

[sgrams]

I have the HF torque wrench, now in case I need I can make the adjustment. Thank You!

[MSN-]

There is another way of recalibration, which may be less costly, but yours is straightforward 👌

[wS-lflk]

I have the same adapter...I noticed you aren't waiting for the red signal and steady buzz. Only calibrating at green. My understanding is torquing to steady red gives accurate peak

[loveofchrist]

Once again young man very very great information . information that someone can actually use I’ve never looked to do something like that with my torque wrench but now I know how to adjust it. By the way I have a snap on the one that you dial the torque setting to can you adjust those also?✝️✝️✝️

[ranger]

I have a 40-year-old made in America torque wrench that i tested using the luggage scale pulling on wrench and it tested within a pound I guess they made them better back then mine does not even seem to have an adjustment and it was not that expensive just from local auto parts store

[Alex_Taylor]

How do you know the digital torque adapter is accurate?

[ytdeagle]

Hello could you test the torque wrenches at different grip points, say at the end where you would normally push from at 6"-12" choked up on the handle.
I have seen other videos that say where you place your hands gives different results.
Thanks

[marke]

Some inside baseball from an engineer: +/- 20% of the nominal value is fine for most steel to steel applications. Steel to aluminum and small fasteners you want that tighter accuracy.

[salvadormonella]

No way, really? This is how you adjust a torque wrench? That's all there is to it? Wow!!! I have like 5 of the clicker type torque wrenches. I'm gonna go test ALL of them RIGHT NOW!

[techyin]

I just bought one but its waaaay off and it doesnt even click on the lowest number cant believe i got a broken one

[XX-fqkp]

How do you know your torque adapter is accurate?

[jacobthompson]

Take all tension off of the tourqe wrench, right under the lowest setting, keeping the spring in a neutral position, vack off too much, and you're going to also be leaving tension on the spring

[jean-pierreboisclair]

on the second allen screw is for the
You need to adjust the low range with the nut (like the 1st trq) and fine tune the upper range with the allen screw....then recheck low range
Also, when storing, leave it at MINIMUM 10 (which as probably no graduation)
PS - I calibrate and maintenance torque for over 25

[globalprofits]

Why leave the torque wrench at 10 ft. Lbs?

[johnw]

Sooo...for $63.99 I can buy a Digital Torque Adapter to calibrate my $20.00 dollar torque wrench!