Woah! Read the book better. About the only thing on any VW that requires 250 foot pounds is the axle stub nuts and the gland nut on type one and two engines. If I'm wrong I admit I know nothing about warer boxers but 250 foot pounds is a lot. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia 66 Westy On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:35:16 -0800 Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO> writes: > The pulley bolt on my 83 waterboxer will need to be tightened to > around > 240 ft-lb when I reassemble the engine. I'm thinking of buying a > 250 > ft-lb torque wrench from HarborFreight. It's like $70 bucks plus > tax > and shipping. (I am a CA resident :-( > > The Bentley says that there is some type of tool like a extension > that > can increase the torque of my existing 3/8" 75 ft-lb wrench. I went > on > the Internet and was not able to find this type of extension for a > cheap > price. > > What does everyone else do when then torque down bolts like the > pulley > bolt? Do you have a 250 ft-lb torque wrench and just tighten it > with an > cheater bar? > > My other option is to buy an impact wrench and air-compressor, which > I > kind of want anyway, but that is more cash :-( and I don't want > to > spend the cash this month. I've never used an impact wrench before, > can > the wrench be set to apply a maxium torque to bolts when tightening > the > bolts? > > -- Craig > > -- > ------ > Craig Oda's Personal Email > Living and Working in the SF Bay Area > Automobiles: '83 VW Westy (watercooled); '77 VW Bay Window > Other Info: http://communitybuilders.info/~craigoda/ > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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