Knowing your Torque Wrench

LL Land Rovers use fixings to hold parts together, and those fixings, wherever they are, work by being under tension, which causes the fixing’s threads to grip and hold. Too much tension will strip threads, crack heads off bolts, or damage alloy casings. Too little will mean the items don’t work as intended, wear rates increase, or worse, fixings work loose. Rather than use the Mk1 elbow and guesswork, there’s a tool we should all own for those times when we need to be certain of a fixing’s torque. Indeed, the torque wrench is an essential for fixings requiring to be tightened to a certain