[QUOTE]Originally posted by TokeMadBowls420

What method decouples the torque wrench?

 

So once it clicks, it indicates that the set ft-lb has been reached, then lets say I wanted to tighten that nut again to 80 lbs. Do I wait and click it again? Because obviously I cannot proceed. Does letting pressure go on the handle reset the indicating "sensor" in the ratchet?

 

Why would you want to tighten it "again"? If your torque wrench is working correctly, you should be able to repeat the click over and over again. If you have just tightened the nut or bolt to 80 ft/lbs, then letting it go and doing it again it will still be at 80 ft/lbs and immediately click again. If it does not, then something is wrong with the wrench. Most professional mechanics who use these types of torque wrenches will customarily do it twice (click it twice) out of habit for confirmation and be done with it. Once you are finished with the wrench, you set it back to ZERO.
You would not set it back to ZERO till you have finished all the nuts you are doing during that session. IE, if you are doing all the nuts on all the wheels, you do all 20 nuts while the wrench is set at 80 ft/lbs, THEN set it to ZERO and put is away. I'm somewhat confused as to why this is so hard to understand.

 

Oh no, I just misunderstood what Greg Lee stated.

The main reason for my question is because when I click twice to confirm that the ft-lb setting on the lugnuts are right, it works fine, but when I do it for the oil pan bolt or transmission drain bolt, etc. the bolt will keep spinning. Am I not supposed to do this?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TokeMadBowls420
Oh no, I just misunderstood what Greg Lee stated.

 

I picked up the same one from harborfrieght ...works great for $20

 

Ya, I think that the torque wrench goes from 5-80 lbs. I think it should be fine, the movement is quite minimal and stops when I try for the 3rd time. Usually, I just check while i'm under the car just in case any of the bolts came loose.

Cool, thanks for your help.