Torque Wrench Question

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Originally Posted by jpc763

All,

I am about to do my first Oil change on my 2001 S. I have a new filter, a new magnetic drain plug and an appropriate oil (purposefully not mentioning the brand or weight )

I have a torque wrench for my bicycle maintenance (high end bike and a very nice torque wrench) It is not the "click" kind. The wrench flexes and there is a gauge that shows how much torque you are putting on there.

Do you think this would be appropriate to put 19ft lbs of torque on the drain plug?

Here is the wrench:

Thanks in advance, John

You have one of the best performing wrenches out there, the beam wrench.Other than buying extremely expensive, pro quality torque wrenches, the beam wrench that you have (assuming its the right range) is the most accurate of regular guys torque wrenches and will not go out of calibration since all you have to do is bend back the pointy indicator to zero the wrench.

I use my beam to calibrate my click wrenches.

That being said, the click wrench is great because all you do is set the torque and wait for the click. The beam wrench, you have to look at the scale and well, its a pain unless the fastener is really out in the open.