[s-cars] Torque Wrench for crank bolt

[Robert Myers]

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And, of course, sufficient accuracy can also be achieved by having your 125
pound wife stand on the wrench two feet from the working end with the
wrench horizontal.  An expensive torque wrench isn't _totally_
necessary.  The same principle works just as well with the 100 pound wife
at 2.5 feet or the 250 pound wife at 1 foot. ;-)

At 07:26 AM 7/3/2003 -0500, Paul Gailus wrote:

>Well, 250 lb-ft is only about 3% off from 258 lb-ft, and this
>is considered to be well within the acceptable accuracy
>for most torque wrenches.
>Even though you can get a calibration lab to get you
>better than 1%, there is a lot more variation in actual
>use depending on how the torque wrench was applied.
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>I would be more concerned that the torque wrench
>has an adequate length to effectively apply this high
>torque level, because putting a pipe on the end of
>a torque wrench is verboten in most cases.
>Doing this will create an unwanted bending moment
>at the wrench handle and degrade the torque reading
>accuracy.
>
>Paul
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>I'm going to be changing my timing belt and the largest torque wrench I
>could find to rent or buy in town goes up to 250 ft/lb.  I'm still waiting
>for the Bentley.  Is this enough torque for the crank bolt?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joel Rector
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