If I'm understanding this correctly I can get an 6mm hex drive (1/2") onto the torque wrench and hold still the 17mm nut, the torque wrench should still click when 30 ft-lbs is reached.
Yes. You can either hold still the 17mm nut still and turn the 6mm with torque wrench
attached or hold the 6mm with torque wrench still and turn the 17mm nut.
Either way, the torque wrench will sense how much torque is being applied
to the connection, as long as you're holding the torque wrench properly.
You don't have to even find a 1/2 drive 6mm hex to attach directly to the
torque wrench (I'm assuming you have a 1/2" drive torque wrench from your post.
You can use a 3/8 - 1/2 adapter (but not a universal or wobble one) as long as
you're holding the torque wrench correctly (not on an angle or with side-load
applied).
I talked with Jake at Ohlins in NC and he said to use my go-thru ratchet/sockets to tighten the strut nuts and to check the torque as I turn the nut every quarter turn. He advised against using an hex drive because the shaft is to thin around the hex insert. I purchased the 22mm strut nut socket from ECS Tuning and their shipping it Next Day Air and should have it tomorrow. :biggrin5:
