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Old 02-22-10 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by digger
I don't doubt you, but just a question for my own clarification; if I grease the threads would that cause too little friction, so that as I tighten, the bolt is so...slippery that I overtorque before the torque wrench clicks?
The torque is still the same but the reloading is higher. The torque is used as an indirect measure of the bolt preload and the grease changes the relation between the two, causing an over tension.

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