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Old 04-08-2014, 10:11 AM   #9
san rensho
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Originally Posted by Heiko View Post
Not trying to say the LNE plugs don't fail... BUT could your torque wrench be out? Too many people leave the torque set at whatever they last used instead of turning it back to minimum and releasing the spring... after a while the specs are way out to lunch... and the torque wrench is junk. Just saying it might be possible....
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I checked my click torque wrench with a beam wrench. Set at 20 ft-lbs, the wrench clicked between 225 and 250 in-lbs on the beam wrench, so I think I'm pretty close with the torque wrench.
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