Originally Posted by James1549
If you don't use a torque wrench or torque stick, you are guessing. James
You can figure it out by caculations. If you have a wrench with a 1 foot handle and you weigh 200 lbs. Then you are tourqing the bolt at 200 ft/lbs
If you wanted 100 ft/lbs of fource on the nut then you would need a 6 inch handle. You can figure it out but its alot easier with a torque wrench.