Borrow a torque wrench

[Flopsweat]

yep and if ya really wrench on that sucker too hard it'll break

Or you'll go bind.

 

[titsonritz]

I'd be happy to do it for you. But I don't use a torque wrench. I do it by "feel". When I sent my scope back to vortex with the mount the tech told me the specs were good to go. When you work as a mechanic, you kinda just get used to how much is "just right". Ask @v0lcom13sn0w

That's know as German torque, guttentite.

 

[Flopsweat]

That's know as German torque, guttentite.

I thought that was for when someone sneezes.

 

[kmk1012]

17 years as a "Schwabie" I've got a feel for anything between 45ft/lbs and 150ft/lbs. with the truck stuff it was bye sound for the 350ft/lbs to 500ft/lbs. I was always less than 5% off verified with a calibrated torque wrench.
Sorry, not much help for what you need though. Lucky is a h*ll of a guy though, if you haven't been to his shop it's worth the trip!

 

[Kruel J]

That's know as German torque, guttentite.

Huh, well my last name screams German heritage. Go figure.

 

[Sawdust]

guttentite.

I thought that was a German virgin.

 

[Lindy]

I that was a German virgin.

Torgue it until it strips and then back it off 1/4th of a turn.

 

[Mikej]

Torgue it until it strips and then back it off 1/4th of a turn.

Did your training in a third rate auto shop?

 

[revjen45]

As a degreed Professional Gunsmith I can advise you that you don't need torque specs. Just get it as tight as you can with a cheater bar and use Red Loctite.
And always remember the Prime Law of shade tree gunsmiths and mechanics: There is no substitute for brute force and ignorance.
You're welcome!

 

[Lindy]

17 years as a "Schwabie" I've got a feel for anything between 45ft/lbs and 150ft/lbs. with the truck stuff it was bye sound for the 350ft/lbs to 500ft/lbs. I was always less than 5% off verified with a calibrated torque wrench.
Sorry, not much help for what you need though. Lucky is a h*ll of a guy though, if you haven't been to his shop it's worth the trip!

My Job in the Military was Calibrating Thousands of torque wrenches, The tolerance for wrenches was 4% between 10%-90% of the range of the wrench.

Good Shooting

Lindy

 

[PaulB47]

You can make a torque wrench if you have something like a fish scale.

For example, 60 inch-pounds is 60 lbs at a radius of one inch, or 30 lbs at a radius of two inches, or 20 lbs at a radius of 3 inches. Torque is nothing but force applied to a lever arm at a specified length, such that the length times the force applied equals the torque specification. So take your allen wrench, measure out 3 inches from the end (the end that goes into the screw), then make a mark. Apply your fish scale at that point, pulling it in a direction 90 degrees from the lever arm, and pull till you reach 20 lbs. That will give you 60 inch-pounds on that screw.

I have used this numerous times on cars also, when a standard torque wrench would not fit for example. It is very basic physics.

 

[Lindy]

Torque = Force X Length

 

[jbett98]

I found this interesting.

 

[Flopsweat]

I found this interesting.

This is really good to know!

 

[Mikej]

I found this interesting.

That means there's a few over torqued nuts out there, no?

 

[brokenarrow]

Or you'll go bind.

And don't forget the warts for traction!

 

[DirectDrive]

Nice wrench but connected 90 to a gun show AR wrench ?
Starts out with the M16/M4 Tech Manual comment
No actual demo
AK on the bench

Nah.
I had it muted anyway.
Don't think I missed anything.

Maybe he wanted to dispute this from the TM :

 

[jordanka16]

The spec is something like at least 35 and not more than 80 ft lbs, it doesn't have to be perfect, it's not a cylinder head with 15 different studs to tighten.

Btw I know the guy in the video is knowledgeable because he worked on "turban" engines

 

[DirectDrive]

Btw I know the guy in the video is knowledgeable because he worked on "turban" engines

In the Middle East ?
There are some renowned gun plumbers up on the Khyber Pass.

 

[Flopsweat]

That means there's a few over torqued nuts out there, no?

I see them on the news all the time.