T handle torque wrench - Page 2

>> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:56:24 -0400, "MiamiCuse"
>>>> If I have a torque wrench that works for a 5/16" hex head, but now I have
>>>> a
>>>> hex head that is 3/8" in size, is it possible to use the same torque
>>>> wrench
>>>> with some sort of an adapter?
>>>> I went to the big box store looking for an adapter but I could not find
>>>> one.
>>>> I have a set of sockets that includes a 3/8" head but that would not help
>>>> me
>>>> in using that T handle torque wrench that would release at 60#-in.
>>>> I seems I need a piece that on one end it is a 5/16" hex head and the
>>>> other
>> To be explicit, it's likely your torque wrench is 1/2 inch drive, and
>> you can get a 5/16" socket in 1/2, 3/8, or 1/4 inch drive, and
>> probably 3/4" drive too, so you can buy a 5/16" socket that will fit
>> your torque wrench, but maybe you'll also need a 1/2" extension
>> between the wrench and the socket. The simplest thing to do is buy a
>> set of 1/2" drive, with ratchet, crossover, speeddrive, universal, and
>> a set of 15 or 20 sockets. Short of that, just buy an adapter
>> instead of one socket. Unless you think 3/8" is too weak for
>> whatever you have to turn, but I dont' think that is the issue here.
>> If HD didn't have a 1/2" drive 5/16" socket... well it probably did
>> and sears certainly woudl, so I think you're looking for something
>> else no one makes. Because people use adapters that work with any
>> size socket.
>>>> side is a square head to insert into my 3/8" socket. Is there such a
>>>> thing?
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> JCWhitney.com has a set of three adapters that do everything you could
>>> need. They don't include 3/8" drive to 1/4" socket because every 3/8'
>>> set has one, but they include the opposite of that and both directions
>>> beween 3/8 and 1/2
>>> Maybe the set was on sale when I bought it but it was about 2 dollars.
>>> It's obviously worth a lot more than that if you don't have the
>>> adpater you need.
>>> I would think Sears and even HD , and certainly Snap-on, if you can
>>> find one of their trucks would all have these also, but at a higher
>>> price.
>>>> MC
>
> Hi:
>
> Thanks.
>
> What I have is this:
>
>

>
> It will fit right over a 5/16" hex head exactly and it is designed
> exclusively to tighten plumbing no hub coupling clamps and will release at
> 60 #-in torque.
>
>

>
> However I have some couplings now that has A 3/8" hex head and it will not
> fit. I already have a full set of socket 1/4" drive and 1/2" drive. I can
> tighen these with a ratchet. However, I feel better if I can tighten them
> with the standard torque wrench to the preset specification. So unless I
> can find a "bit" that one side of it is a 5/16" hex that will go into the
> torque wrench and the other side is a 1/4" square or 1/2" square which will
> allow me to attach the 3/8" socket, I am not sure how else I would be able
> tot do it.
>
> MC
>

>Ah, well just take a 5/16" socket and a 3/8" socket of the same drive
>size, and a piece of square steel stock the same size to couple the
>sockets together. You'll have to hold the whole assembly together with
>your hand, as you won't have the little spring loaded balls, but your
>only cost will be a short length of square steel.
>If you wanted to get real fancy, you could make one - drill a hole in
>the end of your square steel stock, but not quite all the way through
>(drill bit tip penetrates other side of stock, but doesn't go all the
>way through) tap the hole for a set screw with a bottoming tap, drop in
>a ball bearing and small spring and loctite in a shallow setscrew.
>repeat at other end. But that is likely more trouble than it's worth
>for a tool that you will presumably use only a couple times.

> If I have a torque wrench that works for a 5/16" hex head, but now I have
> hex head that is 3/8" in size, is it possible to use the same torque

> with some sort of an adapter?
> I went to the big box store looking for an adapter but I could not find

> I have a set of sockets that includes a 3/8" head but that would not help
> in using that T handle torque wrench that would release at 60#-in.
> I seems I need a piece that on one end it is a 5/16" hex head and the

> side is a square head to insert into my 3/8" socket. Is there such a

> Thanks in advance,
> MC

>> If I have a torque wrench that works for a 5/16" hex head, but now I have
> a
>> hex head that is 3/8" in size, is it possible to use the same torque
> wrench
>> with some sort of an adapter?
>> I went to the big box store looking for an adapter but I could not find
> one.
>> I have a set of sockets that includes a 3/8" head but that would not help
> me
>> in using that T handle torque wrench that would release at 60#-in.
>> I seems I need a piece that on one end it is a 5/16" hex head and the
> other
>> side is a square head to insert into my 3/8" socket. Is there such a
> thing?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> MC
> OK here is your kluge. Use a 5/16 Allen head socket backwards in your
> torque wench, now you have a female 1/4" hole you fill with a short piece
> of
> 1/4 square stock. Now use a 3/8" socket and you are in business. You
> might
> want to tape all the little bits together.
> --
> Roger Shoaf
> About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
> then
> they come up with this striped stuff.

>If I have a torque wrench that works for a 5/16" hex head, but now I have a
>hex head that is 3/8" in size, is it possible to use the same torque wrench
>with some sort of an adapter?
>I went to the big box store looking for an adapter but I could not find one.
>I have a set of sockets that includes a 3/8" head but that would not help me
>in using that T handle torque wrench that would release at 60#-in.
>I seems I need a piece that on one end it is a 5/16" hex head and the other
>side is a square head to insert into my 3/8" socket. Is there such a thing?
>Thanks in advance,
>MC