Torqueing knock sensor/crow's foot

[desmo888 at comcast.net]

Yes Charley is correct.  The difference is too small to matter.  As far as that goes, I haven't used a torque wrench on any of the knock sensors I have replaced on 3 Audis.  I never had a single problem.

Dave Kase
'90 Coupe Quattro
> Or just turn the crow's foot 90 degrees from having the open pointing 'out'
> (along the axis of the torque wrench).  That way you don't have to calculate
> or measure anything for a reasonably accurate torque measurement.  The
> distance between where the 'new' center of rotation is (with the crow's foot
> turned 90 degrees) and where it should be (with a normal socket on the
> torque wrench) will be so minimal that the precision and accuracy errors of
> the torque wrench will probably overshadow any inaccuracies due to that
> distance.  > 
> Charley, a.k.a. the mechanical engineer
> 
> 
> 
> Original:
> 
> Konstanin,
> 
>
>> NOTE: If you're not sure, remember the following. Your wrench setting
> with a crow's foot
> will ALWAYS be LESS than the original spec!
> 
> HTH!
> 
> LL - NY, a.k.a. the Physics Teacher
> 
> 
> 
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