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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
All the cars, trucks, bikes, snowmobiles, ATV's, etc that I have worked on in my life I have never once used a torque wrench to reassemble. I've always gone by the rule if it requires a high torque I crank it down if low torque I snug it up.
I'm not advocating this practice but it has always worked for me. I've never lost a tire off of any of the vehicles we've owned and I rotate tires every 3-4k using a 4 way to tighten the lugs.
The only bolts I've ever snapped were ones I've been removing that were rusted so bad other options did not work.
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Don't ever use that strategy on a short block assembly. Do that on rod bolts and you may not like the results.
Or cylinder heads.... I can think of tons of places on a car where proper torque value is essential.