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Here is a video I made that condenses various articles from the internet and explains how to use a 58x torque multiplier to tighten lug nuts. Some people call these "cheater" wrenches, but I am impressed with the mechanical advantage they impart on a lug nut without a lot of pain and cursing.

Tim's RV Tips #11, Tightening lug nuts using torque multiplier, July 8, 2018...

Please review and advise me of any improvements that could be made.

They have been used for years on ships, for big diesel engine cylinder head torquing.

Yup, I used them on the head bolts on the tugboat Enterprise diesels. Seems like the torque was 2,000 lbs.,We broke a lot of sockets!


Enterprise Engine - Wikipedia

You are showing your age Mike        

Ha! Not quite, the owner of the tugboat company was a notorious cheapskate (and a hell of a nice guy) who bought the Enterprise (brand new) at a overseas auction after the war. Used it on the Alaskan run for years. Great engine, but towards the end (40 years ago) she started blowing head gaskets on every run, that's where I came in. His name was Boyer, and the crew called me, 'the guy who busts nuts for Boyer." On the day of my marrige, he called as the Mia H limped in. I told him about my expected honeymoon, mattered not to that old salt. A friend heard the story and wrote a song for us: it was called "Honeymoon on the Mia."    the enterprise was what was called 'direct reversing' in that the cam had to be 'rolled' to get reverse. It was gen-set air compressor powered and I told Boyer that 'his day would come'. It did, the gennie failed coming into a pier and not only trashed the pier, but the barge slammed into the Mia.

Regarding the beam type torque wrench: I used this same torque wrench to torque propeller bolts on my Cessna 172. My FAA-certified mechanic checked the torque using his calibrated click type torque wrench. It was dead-nuts on, pun intended.

How does one "verify torque" after a bolt has been torqued to a specific setting.

Roland

Yes, to verify torque, one must torque to a few ft-lbs higher than what is being verified and watch that the bolt just starts to turn.

This torque multiplier easily removed the lug nuts on my front wheel with no cursing. We'll see how it works on the rear duallies with the stud-piloted (AKA "budd") lugs nuts. The tool comes with the 3/4 inch budd socket. I liked it so much I bought a second one.