Going old school cause color blind

Feb 26, 2020 6:18 AM

This is really so that all the bolts can be visually confirmed to be torqued to spec. More of an inspection tool than an installation guide.

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This is what torque wrenches and lockwire are for

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Cross threaded is tighter than locktite.

6 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Fifty shades of tight.

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Just use it in the dark.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Holy smokes my brothers and I need this kind of stuff

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Why....why do you need a colour code to know how tight your nuts are?

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This can be useful for mission critical applications where catching things before a problem occurs is important but not installation.

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Ah, so aircraft parts, where you expect a bolt to cost $800 anyway.

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BRRRRRRRT BRRT. Done!

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6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Colour blind? use colour reference for help

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They're called "Smart Bolts" my guess is that the bolt is filled with viscous ink and the torque elongates the bolt and allows more pigment

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In-between the viewing glass and the backdrop cylinder. Interesting tecc, but I don't know how strong they are.

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

So how did its torque increase without the bolt moving? This looks fake or staged

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Few Duggar’s would suffice

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Color coded nuts are tight!

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Am I over thinking this? Dont u just turn till u cant no more,

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

One and a half flats past sharp torque rise. Shesh.

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If you needed to inspect slot of bolts I guess color coding by loose seems legit

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Here's why: This is a checking bolt elongation:

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Wait - my bicep mounted torque-o-meter is that close to a torque wrench in accuracy?

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Assuming you've had some experience - yes.

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Had a fun experience with this in the Navy. For a training demonstration we all had to try to torque a bolt by feel. All of us were 1/2

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WILDLY off, including our LPO's (one doubled the amount of force). Until our chief tried. He got in right on the money.

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Yeeeah after the first shade it's all just one colour to me. I'd need this in rainbow mode

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Have you tried Enchroma glasses?

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Unfortunately no, I've heard they can be quite expensive and it's only a few things I can't see red/black, grey/light blue, dark blue/purple

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Just buy an electronic torque wrench. Save on the 10 dollar fasteners

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alright scramble!! let's get this on every single woman stat

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How many Nm?

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Black Nm

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If my math is right and the bolthead's the same as the nut (guessing 6mm), then it's about 0.00323974082 nautical miles. You're welcome.

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Two grunts and a groan

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So just crank it as hard as you can. Got it.

6 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

"snug"

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How many torque units is that?

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1 Tight.

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About tree fiddy

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Red-ish

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Red

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About a *hnng* but not yet *grunt*.

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#080808

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Guten tight

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Good ol' german torque

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50%

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Black

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More than 2

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Fully Torqued

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Sufficient.

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2 chugs + 1/4 on the impact gun

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Its almost a full quidditch

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Tight

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3 ugga duggas

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There was no impact driver used here. That's maybe 3/4 of an ugga

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So an ugga du?

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Nah, it's and ugg

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4 teraceps almost a full gigacalf

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I always find how many ooga dooga’s the best torque setting

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35 blyats

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Cyka..

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What color does an ugga dugga make it turn?

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Blurplellow.

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Just the right amount of torque for tightening the road wheels on your T-34-85.

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You know how many Addidas stripes I can buy with that?!

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1/64 washing machine per football field

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Wait, this is a thing?

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There's no such thing as things; 'things' were invented by Hallmark in the 80s to sell blank greeting cards.

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How tf are you not top comment. You're wastef on this crowd.

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Yes, they are expensive though.

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How do they work exactly. Looks like magic to me :)

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My guess is the thing in the middle becomes more dense (thus darker) as it rotates but could be totally wrong

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No, this is Patrick.

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Lefty loosey.....righty tighty!

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In the future when we have artificial gravity, the dials that control them will be labeled "Lefty Hefty, Righty Lighty"

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lol, I like it!

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The world of advanced torquery isn’t waiting for you to catch up.

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Besides this having no practical use for me where do I subscribe?

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What a ridiculous concept. I'll stick with my dial torque thanks

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Stop trying to make... whatever the fuck this is happen. It's not going to happen.

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1) Clamp load is what you actually care about and aerospace fasteners have at best 30% error between torque and clamp load. This is a direct

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Reading of clamp load. These are typically used on hubs of high speed rotating assemblies.

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Useless and really expensive... Expensive = "new best feature you need to buy"... Dial Torque is best!

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What a ridiculous concept. I'll just stick to my 1/2 impact and 3 ugga duggas

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Two white knuckles, right? Using your calibrated wrist

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Can't put a webcam with computer vision on a dial torqued screw.

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I'll just use my impact until it shears off then I'll JB Weld the sheared off piece full knowing it cain't get no tighter.

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What a ridiculous concept. I'll stick with my calibrated torque feels thanks

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I really need to recalibrate my internal torque wrench. I keep snapping bolts or stripping out threads.

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Gutenteit. German torque.

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Hmmmmmmm click.

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Wow, either you ARE AvE or you've been an AvE fan for a *long* time.

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What a ridiculoud consept. I'll stick whit tightening it until it no longer moves thanks

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Wat a ridicloud conspired. Ill stick wit tightening it ,with my dick, until it no longr moves thnks

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Snackrolling the Mojave fillmost carmakel you satiswish for a chewclear whunger.

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wat a ridicul3ed çonscript i stick wit my dick ubtil it moges no

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Dick move. Let's see if it ridicules out.

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Wt rdclus cnsp. I stc wi tihtnng it, wit m di, until I n lng mv tnks

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Tbstgvd hlpo vcdgggbjlndev biomhrrxcbjj lol

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There's no way to inspect those afterwards, except unscrew and retighten. I'd say there exists a niche use case for these.

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a torque wrench would just not tighten beyond the setting so why would it have to be unscrewed?

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Brain fart on my part, unless you need to check for overtightening. But still the only way to inspect torque is to try to retighten.

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It's great in shops: you can do a visual inspection and be sure everything was tightened correctly.

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Or a sharpie to make witnesses lines

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Orrrrrrrr, if you're one of many people who don't have a torque wrench, you can use a normal one with this. Though probably expensive bolts

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Also, looks like Nyloc nuts, so replace don't reuse...

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meh nylock can be reused, the fact that it's properly torqued is what it should be relying on to hold it in place.

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This system is for industrial applications, not 'people who don't have a basic tool'

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And a bit ridiculous

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and you need to make sure the card doesn't get covered in crap/oily finger prints so the colours don't get darker?

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Impact gun till it stops moving, duh

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These are more useful for follow-up inspections, so you can tell at a glance if any bolts have loosened. Not so much for the initial torque.

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Just cover the fucker in locktite and hope she sticks.

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Or a sharpie to make witnesses lines

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What this aircraft said

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Well that’s a great idea until you remember that safety wire is a thing

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That's what Torque stripe is for, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper and quicker than these bolts

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What’s that? Never heard of a torque stripe before...

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apparently it's official name is Torque Seal. At work we call it torque stripe.

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Sharpie industrial works pretty well for if you need a quick mark

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Torque isn't really a useful number when accuracy is a factor. Torque can be used as a sloppy proxy for stretch, which is the real deal.

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Unless you calibrate them on an Akrotorque before use, and any good workshop will likely have an Akrotorque

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Right. But that table does not account for the use of an Acrotorque or other torque tester to determine exactly what your wrench is set to

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