Date:         Mon, 9 May 2005 13:48:05 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon axle nut torque ?
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Hmmmmm ... putting 190 lbs 12" (1 foot) from the nut on a horizontal
plane would give you 190 foot pounds.  Moving out to 2 feet from the nut
and applying 190 lbs would yield 380 foot pounds, wouldn't it?  Thinking
this way allows you to check the formula.

Mike


jbange wrote:
>> (1)    Formula for re-torque on this axle nut?
>> Now tighten you slotted axel nut to 360 ft pounds.
>> 360 Divided by your weight = how far away to stand on your cheater.
>> Example I weight 190 so I need to stand 18.2 inches from the center (is
>> that the center of the nut you're putting torque to....>>>>????).
>>
>> 360/190 = 1.89.....so I do not understand this formula....
>
>
> Yeah, I'm with you:  I don't know WHAT formula gets 18.2 out of 360 ft-lbs
> and 190lbs, unless he was dividing 190 by 360, then adding 1 (?), then
> multiplying by 12 inches, which gets 18.36. Seems to me that you'd just
> multiply 1.89 feet by 12 to get 22.68 inches.
>
>> (2)    Correct re-torque amount for this axle nut:
>>     -Haynes says 369 #/ft. for my newer style 10-split pin slotted nut -
>> what is concensus on this torque amount?
>
>
> Should be 360ft-lbs. Haynes is almost undoubtedly a typo.  No surprise,
> that. I've found so many glaring errors, omissions, and outright  lies in
> Haynes manuals over the years that I don't even buy them anymore. I bought
> the Haynes for my Honda Civic years ago and it showed a picture of a
> standard strap-type oil filter wrench on the oil filter. The instructions
> said "use wrench to remove filter". I weaseled my way under there and went
> to put the strap wrench on and found that, once it was on, there was NO
> ROOM TO MOVE IT! The drive axle and  engine were in the way. Those jerks
> took a picture of a strap wrench on that oil filter knowing full well that
> it wouldn't work. Between that and the AC section that only covered the R12
> based system when they only had the R12 system in the first two years of
> that body design before totally redesigning it for R134a, I swore to never
> give them another dime.
>
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>