rod bolt streeeetch gauge

[Reed Granrt]

Rod
What I have done to make it easier on pulling the nuts is purchase a good quality wrench and weld it onto a 24 inch long pipe. This way I can put the wrench on the bolt or nut, install the stretch gauge and pull the wrench and watch the stretch gauge as I pull it. This will keep you from removing the gauge so many times and is not as prone for mistakes. My pipe has one size of wrench on each end of the pipe that pretty well matches all sizes as there are most of the time only two size bolts or nuts. Also as you start the pull, you can make a fluid pull all the way to stretch and not pull and stop and measure. Good cheap county boy wrench, just looks crappy, like me.
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