Originally Posted by
tjspiel
I've heard that before and I'm sure it's true, although my torque wrench is the clicking type that will work both clockwise and counter-clockwise, so I guess I don't know why it would be made to work counter-clockwise if you weren't intended to take stuff off with it. I left it set at zero.
I would have used my breaker bar, - except it was broken. The thing I don't like about using pipes is the slop between the pipe and the wrench, - but it works.
If you're going to use a click type torque wrench as a breaker bar, dial the lbs up high enough so it won't click. Don't forget to dial it back down to zero after every use. I've never had to recalibrate my TWs in over 30 years of full time wrenching by following those guidelines.