Need center to center measurement for Tool 2079

[Huw Powell]

syljay wrote:
> I'm fabricating tool 2079 and 2084.
> 
> Tool 2084 is done, it just needs welding.
> I'm making my own version of Tool 2079 - which will be 35" long. Then 
> I can use my Craftsman torque wrench with a 129 ft-lb setting to give 
> me 258 ft-lbs at the crank bolt.
> 
> The archive info says that applied torque for the crankbolt is:
> With tool 2079 = 258 ft-lbs
> Without tool 2079 = 332 ft-lbs
> 
> My calculation indicates the distance for tool 2079 should be 15.5 
> inches. A reference in the archives says 11 3/4 inches.
> 
> To verify, I need the center to center measurement for tool 2079. That 
> is, center of socket to center of drive hole at the other end.
> 
> If you have the tool, I would appreciate you taking a measurement and 
> providing the information.

SylJay,

I really wouldn't worry about the special tool.  The torque on that bolt 
is better expressed as "huge".  What most of us have done quite 
successfully is just use a four foot (or so) length of pipe slipped over 
our favorite breaker bar, and then pretty much hang our weight on it.

Even the type 85 cars, with their non-removable front aprons, have 
enough room to set up such a device.

At a 45 degree angle, the torque of even a 150-pound monkey on the bar 
ends up being about .7 * 4 * 150 = plenty.  There's no worry of breaking 
the bolt, since it's about 3/4" of an inch thick.

Lesser 1/2" breaker bars, however, might break.  Good ones won't.

-- 
Huw Powell

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