Re: [ihc] My incredible bad luck and stupidity

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 7:00 PM 9/4/03, Nick wrote:
>What do you mean by guessing, I used a torque wrench that should have been
>accurate, it wasnt.  I have since purchased a new one.

1. having the rod bolts undertorqued by 40% is ABSOLUTELY what caused one
to break--no guess involved.

2. try asking your local Snap Off man how often they recommend calibrating
a torque wrench !

3. with a bit of experience, one can generally tell 30 from 50 ft lbs.

Greg
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>nick
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg Hermann" <bearbvd@domain.elided>
>To: "Nick" <scout@domain.elided>; "IHC Digest" <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
>Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:49 PM
>Subject: Re: [ihc] My incredible bad luck and stupidity
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>> At 5:30 PM 9/4/03, Nick wrote:
>> >By the way I found out that the torque wrench I used to assemble it the
>> >first time was way off. When it was set at 50 Iwas only getting about 30.
>> >Thats probably why the rod bolt failed the first time.
>>
>> Nick, if you are only 'guessing' that this is why it threw a rod, you
>> shouldn't be assembling the 304, either. :-)
>>
>> BTW--do NOT , repeat, _absolutely_ do NOT reuse any of the rod bolts from
>> any of the OTHER seven rods that did NOT come apart--ANYWHERE !!! In fact,
>> don't re-use the other seven rods, EITHER, without having the big ends of
>> them reconditioned, and after magnafluxing them-- !!!
>>
>> Greg
>> >
>> >guess Ill go flog myself now.
>> >
>> >Nick