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That one line about torque wrenches finally clicked for me
I was in the shop last Tuesday and overheard a guy telling a customer that a torque wrench is only as good as the person who uses it. I'd always been lazy about re-calibrating mine, just figured close enough was fine. He said he checks his against a beam style every few months, costs nothing and takes 5 minutes. So I tried it with my old Park Tool and found it was off by 6 Nm, which is way more than I expected. Has anyone else ever compared their digital wrench to a beam type and been surprised at the drift?
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anthony1292mo ago
That stings, but good on you for actually checking it.
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taylorc402mo ago
Honestly, the only thing that got me through it was forcing myself to sit down and make a list of every single thing I'd done wrong. I wrote it all out, ugly and raw, and then beside each one I wrote what I'd do different next time. It hurt like hell to look at, but once it was on paper it stopped bouncing around in my head. Then I picked one small thing from that list and actually changed it that same week, not just said I would. That little bit of action made the sting feel a lot more like a bruise and a lot less like a open wound. It didn't fix everything but it gave me something to hold onto instead of just the shame.
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