According to many novice drivers, the best tool for carrying out a wheel replacement is the spray can. But sometimes really unpredictable things happen on the road and if the motorist does not tighten the nuts, they simply unscrew and can crumble along the way. Then the wheel just falls off and the car will not go further. And if this happened on the highway at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the consequences can be unpredictable.
But strongly twisting the bolts is also dangerous, because then the thread on the wheel may burst and the same thing will happen as with unscrewed nuts. But what then? Fortunately, there is a tool in car dealerships that allows the driver to tighten the bolts so that they hold tight and at the same time do not break the thread. Today we will talk about how to use a torque wrench and how to choose it correctly.
Key Types
Today in stores you can see three types of such tools. It can be arrow, digital and snap options. The answer to the question of how to use the torque wrench, we will find a little later, but for now let's look at each of the above types of parts.
The first type is the cheapest option that can only be. But despite the low price, few motorists prefer this particular option. And the thing is that the torque wrench (force) has a large error in the readings (9-10 percent). Therefore, its use in practice is comparable to the use of a conventional spray. Although the question of how to use a torque wrench arrow type, few motorists ask, because this spare part among all existing options is the easiest to operate.
Click options have a smaller error than the first type. It makes up about 4 percent. You can buy a snap type torque wrench in any specialized store, but its cost will be slightly higher (the so-called "golden mean"). It is also worth noting that snap options can be suitable not only for ordinary motorists, as employees of large service centers do not disdain to use this type of torque wrench, and there is nothing wrong with that. Versatility is another trump card of this device.
The most expensive and, accordingly, the most accurate keys are digital. Because of their high cost, they are not at all suitable for the average car owner, and an additional set of functions is unlikely to help better tighten the bolt on the wheel.
Based on this, we can conclude that the best key for the Russian driver will be a snap. Due to its low error rate, it is excellent for ordinary car enthusiasts as well as for service station owners. Simplicity in work and a high degree of reliability makes this type of spare part one of the most popular today in the world. And to use it is very simple - you just need to adjust the scale, first loosening the “stop nut”, and gradually rotate the handle until the device shows the maximum permissible rate.