Torqueing knock sensor/crow's foot

[Larry C Leung]

Good Idea, Charley. As far ask skipping the torque wrench, I figure
it's simple enough to do, so why not?

LL - NY


On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:33:59 +0000 desmo888 at comcast.net writes:
> 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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