Differential drain bolt

I agree that a working calibrated torque wrench is more accurate, but if there's something wrong with it, or it's off, it's too late, so both you guys are right.
I argue with my mechanic all the time, I'm paying you by the hour, I never question your bill, I want you to use a torque wrench. He ignores me, and when I work on my bike, I don't either, lol. Drain plug I took out unnecessarily when I just changed my oil on the Rocket didn't feel right coming out, felt funny going I'm, so I let off before I would normally, figured if it leaked I could tighten it, so feel is important too. Humans aren't always logical, but that's what makes us human

Like steve I do not use the torque wrench for every little nut and bolt but quite a few really do need the correct setting.
If someone near Tacoma(calling Rob or Mike) could sneak into steves workshop I bet they would find a top of the line Torque wrench of that I have no doubt.

I'm not going to even think about tightening the head bolts of a V8 engine without a torque wrench.

Just put a ring spanner on it and hit the spanner with a demo hammer...1 hit for every ft-lb required ... to calibrate, put the spanner on your foot - pound it once with the hammer...you're welcome

Gentlemen, first let me say thanks for all the suggestions, if it can't be fixed or modded through this site, then it most likely can't be fixed or modded at all. i forgot about hammering a screw driver onto the end of the broken bit, did try it, but it wouldn't grab enough, so i ran the blade through the sharpener, but no luck in mudville, (or however that saying goes). and yea when i realized that this wasn't going to be easy to get out, i thought of TT, he is just up the highway, but i lost his number. I was totally bummed out, bike screwed over a $2 dollar bolt, happened to be in the hardware store looking for one thing and happened to notice a narrow chisel, figured they were made for digging in so bought it, put it down the hole to the bolt end gave it a few taps and out it came, had to work it nice and easy, but got it. YEA BABY!!!!!!!! carefully ran a tap through it to clean up the threads, flushed it out to make sure there was nothing left in there, New good grade bolt and modified crush washer and all is right with the world once again.

I had to ride my Harley for 3-days in a row, man i hope that never happens again, i like my Harley and Goldwings (currenlty being rebuilt) and SV, but they are not a rocket.

Again thanks, if it wasn't for this place i would have been in a very bad place

scot in exile said:

in plain english then please explain to the masses how your hand is more calibrated than a torque wrench, it makes me grinch everytime I hear someone say no torque wrenches for me trust me no one is that good, now kicking the tyres is a time proven way of doing it and it must be true for I have seen it in the movies.

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Well, Amigo, first I did NOT say, "no torque wrenches for me".
I spoke regarding oil and differential drain plugs.
I have seen and read of many being stripped drain plugs.
Most of these were from the use of torque wrenches.
I feel a snug up by an experienced hand is much better than an uncalibrated, cheap torque wrench that is at its worst in accuracy at the low torque values.

1olbull said:

Well, Amigo, first I did NOT say, "no torque wrenches for me".
I spoke regarding oil and differential drain plugs.
I have seen and read of many being stripped drain plugs.
Most of these were from the use of torque wrenches.
I feel a snug up by an experienced hand is much better than an uncalibrated, cheap torque wrench that is at its worst in accuracy at the low torque values.

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In general, being in the upper 80% of the range of ANY measuring tool is preferred.

plus one on the hand tight
i tighten it just tight enough that it is not going to fall out.

1olbull said:

Councidence?
As I read this, I'm sitting in the Jiffy Lube where they are trying to repair the transfer case drain bolt. They stripped out the allen head socket last change.

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did they fix it
hey guy i have had some experience in getting that plug out
give me a shout if u need advice.