When you are putting the nut back on keep in mind that torque is the distance x the force. To make that simpler if you have a 12" bar on the socket and you weigh 300 lbs standing on it will give you 300 ft lbs of tq, if you use a 3' bar and weigh 100 lbs you get that same 300 ft lbs of tq. Using that t = l x f, my 200lbs on an 18" bar gives me that same 300 ft lbs, if I bounce a little I'm going above that. If I was torquing a steel bolt into an aluminum case I'd be real careful (don't want to strip it out) but if I was putting the nut back on the VW axle, me bouncing on the bar would work just fine. Rob becida@comcast.net
At 12/31/2006 02:05 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: >Yup, I agree with Rob. >Off is a whole different story from on, unless you're working on one of my >cars, 'cause I always use the copper high-temp anti-seize. Makes life >better. :) > >Happy New Year you guys! > >On 12/31/06, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>At 12/31/2006 11:38 AM, Nathaniel Poole wrote: >> >Thatıs funny, because there is an extensive discussion on this in the >>Samba >> >archives, and they talked about six-foot breaker bars, extensions bolted >>to >> >this, special tools etc, etc. It sounded like a real headache. >> >>Sounds like a discussion about getting the nut loose. >> >> >> >>Rob >>becida@comcast.net >> >>With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington. > > > >-- >Jake >1984 Vanagon GL >1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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