Torque angle gauge

[bowtie2bimmer]

I am about to reinstall my head is one of these really need it or can i just guesstimate 90 degrees?

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[nrubenstein]

You can guesstimate, but the cheap ones cost a few bucks and work fine. No real reason not to use one.

[tom d]

^ agreed, they can be had cheaply at most auto parts stores.

[frankie591]

print a degree scale on paper from google and tape a piece of coathanger to your wrench to use as a needle on the scale.

[bowtie2bimmer]

print a degree scale on paper from google and tape a piece of coathanger to your wrench to use as a needle on the scale.

Haha that's awesome!

I ended up buying one for 12 bucks but it's pretty much the same thing

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[TobyB]

Shit yeah- fold a piece of paper twice on the diagonal, use THAT. It may be rocket science
(tty fasteners, that is)
but you don't have to be a brian surgeon to use them.

hee

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[kway]

Meh, it's 90 degrees. I make a sharpie or paint pen mark on the bolt head at 12:00 and just turn it to 3:00. Done.

When it's an oddball torque angle like 60 or 120 degrees I use a gauge, but for anything that's quarter turn increments I don't bother.

You can get electronic torque/angle wrenches nowadays that take the guesswork out of it for you, but they're spendy and I can't testify to their accuracy.