Originally Posted by
IdahoBrett
I just use the white knuckle method. One through four. Fifteen or so inch pounds per knuckle. Then if it needs more than that I add in the grunt method. Small to large. On the rare occasion I will break out the xtra large grunt.
That is probably more accurate than the "ugga dugga" method my son told me about. He learned it from the older guys while working on farm machinery. Ugga dugga is the sound the impact wrench makes when it starts to labor, so 50 ft-lbs is one ugga dugga, 100 is two ugga duggas, 150 is three, etc.
