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 The procedure below is a simple adjustment to correct a situation where the end nut has been allowed to turn and change the tension. \\ The procedure below is a simple adjustment to correct a situation where the end nut has been allowed to turn and change the tension. \\
-This just helps to change the tension back. \\+This just helps to change the tension back. Some have used this procedure and seem to like it. \\ 
 +Use the information at your own risk. \\
  
   - **Turn the adjusting sleeve down to the lowest setting**.   - **Turn the adjusting sleeve down to the lowest setting**.
   - **Remove the nut on the end of the handle**.   - **Remove the nut on the end of the handle**.
   - **Adjust the tension on the handle sleeve**.   - **Adjust the tension on the handle sleeve**.
-    * Hold the sleeve with one hand and turn the threaded bushing on the end clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the tension. \\ (you'll have to turn the lock screw on the end periodically to keep it loose)  +    * Basically this sets the point at which tension begins in relation to the handle sleeve. 
-  - **After you've turned the bushing in/out a little, put the wrench back together and tighten the nut on the end**.+    * Hold the sleeve with one hand and turn the threaded bushing on the end clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the the click point. \\ (you may have to turn the lock screw on the end periodically to keep it loose)  
 +  - **After you've turned the bushing in/out a little, turn the sleeve to the test setting**. 
 +    * The bushing should turn with the sleeve with the threads not moving in the sleeve. 
   - **Perform the calibration check above to see where the wrench clicks now**.   - **Perform the calibration check above to see where the wrench clicks now**.
   - **Repeat this calibration procedure until you get the wrench to click on the length mark as in the test check above**.   - **Repeat this calibration procedure until you get the wrench to click on the length mark as in the test check above**.
 +  - **Once done, install the nut on the end**.
 +    *  Be careful not to allow the end nut to turn the bushing in the sleeve while tightening. \\ That would change wrench calibration.
 +  - **Once the wrench is back together, bushing tight, do a final calibration check**.
 +    * Tightening the nut on the end can throw calibration off. It just needs to be tight enough stay put.  
  
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 +On the test wrench, the bushing was turned clockwise originally and the wrench clicked even farther toward the handle end once tested. \\
 +Subsequent adjustments and tests with the bushing turned counterclockwise put the test wrench back into calibration (as well as this test will do anyway).
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 +**Related videos:** \\
 +  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HGO9Vv9eDE|Torque Wrench Stopped Clicking FIX and Calibration]]
 +  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaqBA-xSGbc|Calibrate a Torque Wrench with a $5 Luggage Scale]]
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