Subject: 150 FT Pound Torque Wrench..

[Donald Lamond]

We all know that sugar only comes in 5 lb bags!

Donald

mike wrote:

> or a 100 foot tube with a 2lb bag of sugar sitting on
> the end
>
> mike
>
>  --- Christopher Ritchie <critchie1 at hotmail.com>
> wrote: > >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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