Originally Posted By: kschachn
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
Yeah I know you can get them off amazon. etc. I just figured it would be something available locally. I was doing some research it seems that some sticks have a torque limit of 250 ft pounds, so if you put it on an impact wrench set at 500ft pounds it probably won't be accurate.
I've never understood the need. When I change wheels (which I do often as I have winter tires for three of my vehicles) I just snug up the nuts or bolts with a ratchet, making sure they are all centered on the wheel and the wheel is positioned correctly. A good push on the ratchet is often about half the required torque value anyway. Then I put the vehicle down and tighten the rest of the way with a torque wrench. Why do I need to have a third, intermediate step of using the stick?
Well initially I was thinking about using them to tighten mower blades, but then I realized that it wasn't going to be accurate anyways, because the blade probably would move and wouldn't allow for the stick to work properly.