Proto fail

[Ser50]

well, that ended keiths day pretty early...

 

[Cummins_Powered]

Oh man, epic, how much torque did it break at? (that is a torque wrench right?)

 

[Ser50]

i was off shift, but an educated guess would be 480 ft/lbs (most common)

yes thats a Proto 3/4 600ft/lbs torque wrench

that would **** ****.
when i was apprenticing i had a journeyman swap R for L while i was resetting the ratchet (him steadying the head, me on the end) and i just about hit the floor. i can only imagine what happened here. probably flat to face.

 

[Cummins_Powered]

Wow, yea that could not have felt good for whoever was on the other end of that. That is rough.

How new a tool? (not that it should break if it was older...)

 

[Ser50]

its hard to tell, we have two, im not sure the age of that one. i would estimate well over 5 years, damn near ten maybe

lets do the math;
40+ vehicle fleet
weekly torque checks 3 per wheel x 4 hubs = 12
52 weeks

24,960 torques yearly

now add in a LOW average of 40 torques per day for brake jobs, tires, and not to mention tail shafts, bearings, radius rods etc

14,240 maintenance torques ranging from 210 - 600

______

39,200
x 5 years
______
196,000 torques
/2 per wrench
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98,000 torques estimated at 5 years service, and that wrench is DEFINITELY older than that. so a low low estimate

its good to 100,000-200,000

 

[Cummins_Powered]

Now that is a lot of uses! Sounds like you got good use out of it then.


Either way, def wouldnt want to be the one using it when it snapped off.

 

[Art From De Leon]

Looks like a new step needs to be added when they are sent off to be re-calibrated, to have them magnafluxed.

 

[mrholeshot]

I would have fell out on the floor flat on my back yelling " Don't move me until my lawyer gets here!!!!" j/k

 

[Cummins_Powered]

I would have fell out on the floor flat on my back yelling " Don't move me until my lawyer gets here!!!!" j/k

HAHA. good call, work that system

 

[truckdriver]

My buddy always says" Call my lawyer and then call 911".