Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Help from the mechanics re torque wrench...

... in a tight place.

Have to torque a nut to 47 ft/lbs or thereabouts which cannot be reached by a standard socket because there is only about 5/8" between the end of the bolt and an obstacle which cannot be moved, you have to come in from the side with an open end wrench or at best come over the top with the box end. I see these socket wrench adapters for a 3/8" drive which would give enough room to come in below or above the obstacle but with this offset mounting it looks like you wouldn't get a true reading since it looks like the torque you'd apply is basically just trying to round out the drive hole.

So, would something like this work or is there another tool I don't know about that could do this job. AFAIK there is no such thing as an open end torque wrench or at least Amazon doesn't show one, just these adapters. The other option is an open/box end wrench and a cheater bar with a "TFAR" (that feels about right) measurement.

This setup would come in below the obstacle, you just can't come in straight over the top of the nut given the thickness of a ratchet drive and socket combined.



Something like these would at least be better since they'd grab the nut on more than just two sides.