does a torque wrench work with reverse threads?
 

i was doing my rear end and the ring gear bolts are 90ft lbs, but REVERS threads. i was pulling and pulling put it never clicked.
does a torque wrench work (click) when its in the loosen position??

It should work. I would think. I could be wrong though.

Yes.

Try a lower setting and / or on a junk bolt to see if it's working at all.

its brand new craftsman, i just bought it, i dont have any junk bolts that are reverse thresds, i was tugging and tugging and it never clicked so i left it.

90lbs isn't that much torque. My snap-on works both ways, IDK about craftsman, though. Loosen it to 20 ft-lbs and see if it clicks

My craftsman click type torque wrench works both ways. Its probably only 4-5 years old

Some craftsman ones will work both ways, the ones with a plastic window with increments will, I had one with the increments etched
on the handle that didn't. My digital snap on does.

Most don't but some do. Older ones don't. My cheapo Great Neck doesn't and oneof my dad's Snap-on's doesn't.

Ive always used a beamstyle on diffs. Click style cant measure rolling tourqe.

I know its a stretch.... but what do the instructions for the torque wrench say?

im out of town now, ill look when i get home

It should.... All of my craftsmans did, and I know my techangle does, but thats digital.

I just went through this today when I was rebuilding a Fuel Oil Centrifuge. Because of the direction of rotation many of the items on it are reverse thread. I had to torque fasteners from 20NM to 250NM. The smaller torque wrench I had had an arrow on it saying one direction only. I tried switching the ratchet over and tightening the reverse thread, it DID NOT click. We have around a dozen torque wrenches in the shop so I went and found another that would click in both direction.

Said centrifuge.
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New craftsman torque wrench doesn’t click in on reverse thread