You really don't need an angle gauge to judge 90 degrees, surely?

You really don't need an angle gauge to judge 90 degrees, surely?

 

Perhaps a thermometer, he's obviously feeling the heat.

I s*** my pants tightening them up to the last 90degrees! Ask Kev!!

Nearly happened to me once as well. Straining to do a transit hub nut and I think I got the wrong muscle group.

That last 90 is OK as long as you have a massive bar.  I'm not built like a brick ****house so I need to be able to apply leverage so 3 foot bar for me

A dab of molyslip under the head and on the threads helps, gets rid of the scary creaking sounds as well, makes torquing smoother and more accurate.

Smoother maybe, but if the initial torque figure is calculated for bolts lubed with engine oil, then using a different lube won't be 'more accurate', it will give a different result.

Smoother maybe, but if the initial torque figure is calculated for bolts lubed with engine oil, then using a different lube won't be 'more accurate', it will give a different result.

 

Technically that's true but, since you're tightening the bolt a lot further, irrelevant.

 

ARP supply a sachet of moly with their bolts as they believe it reduces spalling and makes torquing more accurate, I'm inclined to believe them.

And I dare say they've checked what preload results from using ** their** bolts with that lube, but you seem to be suggesting standard/non-ARP bolts be used with molyslip lube? Contrary to manufacturer's recommendation? Brave.

Not really Wino, moly simply makes angle-tightening a bit easier and quieter, it doesn't risk breaking the bolt and simply makes the clamping force distribution more uniformly tight for this particular application, it isn't necessary for standard bolts at all.

I only use it on high-tensile fasteners with a high final torque such as main bearing caps, conrods, flywheels and cylinder heads, it helps get rid of that ghastly creaking which is the sound the fastener makes as it sticks then slips, that sticking and slipping is the enemy of accuracy and uniformity.