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Thread: Friendly reminder...nearly all torque values are in foot pounds...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryr8828 View Post
    Can you exceed 38 ft/lbs with a 6" long castle nut wrench?
    I can if I try at it, but I would have to use both arms and hold it real tight. I have never used a torque wrench either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveL View Post
    Thanks for posting that link.

    Indeed.

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    People actually use a torque wrench for their castle nuts? I always used my common sense and MK 1 MOD 0 arm.



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    Quote Originally Posted by ryr8828 View Post
    Can you exceed 38 ft/lbs with a 6" long castle nut wrench?
    Not a problem, and I'm a wimp. That's less than one half my weight on end of the wrench. Much harder to secure the lower.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trinydex View Post
    There are plenty of things that are torqued in in pounds. Many applications of screws are specified in inch pounds.

    It all depends on what you are working on.
    You're on a forum called M4CARBINE.NET

    I'm talking about M4 rifles and similar.

    I believe the gas key fasteners are measured in inch pounds but can't think of anything else. That may be it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trinydex View Post
    Look up the torque specs for most scope rings. Or look at a fat wrench and see what units it uses.
    For ****'s sake I was talking about the assembly process for the major components of an AR15 rifle. I'm not talking about mounting optics, aftermarket rails, or anything else. You're arguing about nothing.

    I call people like you "sharpshooters" at my day job...trying to play on semantics and find little technicalities that distract from the conversation just to say "I was right." "Sharpshooters" generally don't keep their dignity for very long.
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    Torque, shmorque. Just sock the son of a bitch down good 'n tight. This works for me, most of the time.
    Last edited by Suwannee Tim; 12-12-11 at 21:48.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a0cake View Post
    ....I call people like you "sharpshooters" at my day job...trying to play on semantics and find little technicalities that distract from the conversation just to say "I was right.".....
    Those who can do and those who can't a0cake calls "sharpshooters".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    People actually use a torque wrench for their castle nuts? I always used my common sense and MK 1 MOD 0 arm.
    Quote Originally Posted by Suwannee Tim View Post
    Torque, shmorque. Just sock the son of a bitch down good 'n tight. This works for me, most of the time.
    Thats kinda what I was thinking. I will admit I put some torque on it(enough), then I get out a punch and hammer and give it two stakes and call it good. Built quite a few, put on quite a few more end plates of various makes and havent had one come apart yet that I know of, and trust me, my buddies WOULD let me know about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a0cake View Post
    For ****'s sake I was talking about the assembly process for the major components of an AR15 rifle. I'm not talking about mounting optics, aftermarket rails, or anything else. You're arguing about nothing.

    I call people like you "sharpshooters" at my day job...trying to play on semantics and find little technicalities that distract from the conversation just to say "I was right." "Sharpshooters" generally don't keep their dignity for very long.
    I feel like the take away should be do a reality check or dimensional analysis on the units to be implemented, not lets assume most of the time its kinda like this sorta.

    Funny that in your world someone has to choose between dignity and being correct.

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