Interesting. Good to know. I went and plunked down $40 at Canadian Tired for a 3/8 in/lb wrench. Should do the job. Thanks for the suggestion though. Neil. On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@gmail.com> wrote: > Neil, > > Instead of spending the bucks for a specialized inch-pound torque wrench > that you may only use once or twice, you can always attach a spring > pull-type scale to the end of your wrench and pull with the proper number of > pounds for the distance from the fulcrum, ie, if you attach the scale 8" > from the center of the socket, an 11-lb pull would be 88 in-lbs. Rather > unwieldy, I know, but this is one other way to accomplish the desired > result. > > Gary > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:38:13 -0800 > > From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> > > Subject: Re: Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad? > > > > > > At 2/28/2008 07:51 PM,neil N wrote: > > >Can't find it in Bentley or archives. Is it the same as the switch on > > >the diesel rad? > > > > > >This torque value likely isn't a big deal, but since I went and dusted > > >off my my torque wrench for my conversion project, I thought I'd ask. > > >--- ;^) > > > > > >And what's the deal with "inch pounds"? Do they make torque wrenches > > >with values less than 10 ft/lb's ? (Internet tells me that 89 > > >inch/pounds = roughly 7.x ft/lbs) > > > > > > Back when I used small tq wrenches (& tq screwdrivers) Snap-on was a good > > bet. > > > > > > http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=all&SUB_Cat_ID=121828&SUB_Cat_NAME=Adjustable+Click%2DType&Cat_ID=121827&Cat_NAME=Torque&group_id=953&group_name=US+Torque+Instruments+%28in%2E+lb%2E%29&store=snapon-store > > > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > > > > >
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