Stop in for a cup of coffee

I have never seen a gas station, tire place or work shop in Norway using a torque wrench, they always use a air thing with this hammering function, whatever you call it and then a long thin torsion bar with a socket on the end. The torsion bar has the precise strength for right torque for that particular socket and nut / bolt size. And that is all they use. It goes in, and they start hammering until the nut stops moving and that is it.

When I do it myself I have learned over the years what feeling I am looking for, and then drive for a couple of days, pop the hub caps and try again. If some of them are a little.loose, I torque by hand again as much as the first time, and then it always hold. Until I need to change tire again, so 2 times a year since we change between the summer and winter.

Bill
A "torque stick"