Subject: 150 FT Pound Torque Wrench..

[Christopher Ritchie]

>The
>Bentley specifies 207 foot pounds as the torque spec for
>re-installing the
>axle nut...and I only have a 150 foot pound torque wrench.

Get a 1 foot pipe.  Put it over your wrench.  Tighten until a 207 pound 
person standing on its end doesn't move it anymore.  Or a 2 foot pipe with a 
103.5 pound person.

I'm not joking - that'll work.  Also don't forget that 207 ft/lbs. in 
engineering terms means wicked tight.
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