I am a career Industrial Maintenence Tech so I just use my calibrated elbow on my right arm for non-critical stuff but I use a Tourqe Wrench on the important bits. Very important to maintain your tourque wrench's as well and keep them on "0" when not in use.

 

If I have the torque setting I use a torque wrench. If not, I just tighten it up real good.

 

Absolutely,
Too easy to overtorque and I have found out what happens when overtorquing a bolt into aluminum. Can you say stripped?

 

Critical fasteners, e.g. front axle nut, any engine fastners, caliper bolts, etc. Other things are just snugged down reasonalby well.

 

Wait... lemme guess, Iwakuni?

 

I love that one for the head bolts, it's fun.

 

Misawa

 

torq to yeild bolts.. you just do what it says..the additional 90deg stretches the bolt

 

i torq head bolts and chrank/rod bolts on car engines but thats it.. i had the head tech call me out on it once, i told him to check it with his torq wrench if he didnt belive i had a calibrated arm, i was dead on on every bolt... but i have been wrenching since i could walk..

 

Only on **** that I think needs it.