Engine Building Fundamentals: Stretch Gauge
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Stretch Gauge
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| 00:00 | - While it's common practise to tighten fasteners in the engine using a torque wrench, as we've seen in the fasteners section of this course, remember, what we're really trying to do is stretch the fastener by a very specific amount. |
| 00:13 | If we can achieve the correct amount of stretch, this will result in the optimal amount of clamping force from the fastener. |
| 00:20 | Traditional techniques of using a torque setting or torque and angle are only effective to a point and the results can be influenced by the lubricant used as well as the condition of the threads. |
| 00:32 | A superior technique is to directly measure the amount of stretch in the fastener as it's tightened and to do this, we use a stretch gauge. |
| 00:41 | The stretch gauge uses a fixture that holds a dial gauge and the bolt is placed in the fixture before being installed and then the dial gauge is zeroed. |
| 00:51 | As the fastener is tightened, the stretch gauge is used to constantly check how much it is being stretched. |
| 00:57 | This allows for very specific and accurate amounts of clamping force to be achieved, while ensuring the fastener is not permanently deformed. |
| 01:06 | A stretch gauge can only be used where both sides of the fastener can be accessed and this limits where a stretch gauge is truly useful. |
| 01:15 | For example, it's impossible to use a stretch gauge where a bold is installed in a blind hole, where we can't access the back of the fastener. |
