I should defer to the Physics Guy too, but over the years, slipping a thick walled pipe over my 3/4" drive breasker barr and standing my 200# frame on the 2' mark away from the socket seems to get the nut tight enough. Ishould say I 've never had one come loose even using a 16 penny nail for a cotter key in an emergency fix Dimwitted Moose -----Original Message----- From: Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne <cdcaston@NNI.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: Re: how to get 360ft-lbs torque?
>>Does anyone know of any way to torque axle nuts to the torque specified >>without driving to a garage that has a 4-foot torque wrench. >> >>I have heard about using an extender bar, and a smaller torque wrench, but >>I don't remember the math. >> >>Any suggestions would be great. > > how to get 360ft-lbs torque? > uh, put a 360 lb guy on a one foot bar? >OR put a 150 pound guy on a 2 foot bar? >OR put a one pound guy on a 360 foot bar? > >Seriously, If I understand this correctly, any variation in angle between >the true torque wrench and the extender will result in a "false" torque >acheived. Maybe Yau-Man (physics guy) can be of help here? > > >Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne >Allentown,PA > zzzzzzzzzzz_ > |E[__] [__]|[_]\\ > | _DC&SP | _ || >* * * =-( )---------( )--= |
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