Recent content by GoToGuy_Ron

If you ever have to repair antique, vintage, cars, trucks, aircraft having " old original stock ",will the difference between happy customers and " how long?" Change your mask filters the fumes are killing your brain cells.

The " cheap " crimp terminals are fine for your hobby use. Are you crazy, do know how expensive factory hardware has become, or hard to obtain. It's usually higher quality. Always keep extra Adel clamps. Keep or give imperial fasteners to hot rod or restoration guys.

It doesn't matter as long as your hand is holding the handle. The pivot is for comfort not applicable to torque ability. Think about it your force application is outside of the beam and indicator pointer. I have an old Mac that has fixed yellow handle , pivot or fixed what's your pleasure.

Have taken it to the snap on truck and have the dealer match up a replacement head?

There are some tests I do on restored equipment and I use the small beam torque wrenches to measure drag or friction on rotating parts.

You do mean $ 705.00 not. $ 75.00

Nope, double hung are the typical house windows built through the 60's

Does the repair process allow you to use shims? What is the material, is it appropriate for what your doing? That size nut is torqued with hydraulic torque machine. So on reassembly the original hole doesn't line up, move over 90 degrees approximately give or take, drill new cotter pin hole...

If your using any type of torque adapter and you are not correcting the applied torque value, your wrong. If that crows foot has 1 inch from drive center to center of crows foot your 24 inch torque wrench is now 25 inches. If you work in Aviation and don't do the math your wrong. When was the...

That's not a car. It's a sport utility vehicle a different class of vehicle. Did look in the owners handbook for wheel lug nut torque? Or the Dodge service manual?

I have this complete set with red roll up. The sizes are 1/4 thru 1 inch the set I bought new in 80's. They have served me well in the Aviation industry.

If you could take good photo with no reflection, in photo editor try changing colors or switching to negative photo colors. Also try a UV flashlight, there cheap, and that may get print or logos to " pop out ".

Did miss something, in school shop class. We were taught, lectured, shouted at as the shop tools manual states. Open end wrench, obvious open both ends. Box wrench , closed both ends. Not rings. :ROFLMAO: Combination wrench, one open end and one box end. Get it, combination of one each...

These came in kit , my grandfather had some. I still have the speed handle . More a hobby, small size . I believe the largest socket was 1/2 or 9/16, the rest being all small sizes. In the kit I have remaining.

In the maintenance publications for the Aircraft any specialized tools other general purpose. After the section detailing what service or repair undertaking, was a listing of special tools required to complete the task. Most manufactured by tool companies for the original product. I have Pratt...