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Old 05-27-2005, 02:21 PM
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Some of the torque applied is used to deform the plastic, when the plastic has deformed to its max the remaining torque is transferred to your lugs.
Upon further pondering, I don't know if this is correct. The material accepts said force, then what happens, it just disappears? Another suspicion is that the material will transfer its 'internal' torque to the lugs. So depending on the elastic properties of the material, it could just be a time difference. Softer material will take longer to deform, then transfer, and vise versa. I'll get to the bottom of this. Yes, I'm neurotic.
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