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If the bolt is horizontal :

With weights, you can take a wrench of known length and knowing the torque needed, calculate the amount of weight needed to apply the proper torque to the wrench when it is horizontal. Otherwise you can only guess at it.

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When a calibrated torque wrench is applied to the bolt, it trips and will not allow further tightening.

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You get used to it after a while.

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