[s-cars] Monkey lads at it again

[Robert Rossato]

Simple division, Paul.   lb-ft is a multiple of lbs x feet, so....
Though this was in then lbs.  In today lbs it's closer to 460 lb-ft.


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> <<<Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:12:46 -0500
> From: "Robert Rossato" <bob.rossato_af at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Monkey lads at it again
> To: "'Sean Douglas'" <quattro20v at telus.net>, <lee at wheelman.com>,
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> > This is exactly why I always loosen and torque my wheels 
> > whenever getting it
> > back from a tire shop.
> > 
> > The last time I had my winter tires swapped and mounted, 2 of 
> > the wheels I
> > swear were like 250 ft-lbs!
> > 
> > Sean
> 
> That's not always possible.  Years ago I went over to my 
> brother's house
> to help him remove a wheel on his 5ka that a shop had put on.  He
> couldn't get the bolts to budge, so I figured it would be much easier
> with my 2ft breaker bar.  I was standing on the end of that 
> 2ft breaker
> bar.  Hands on the fender and bouncing even.  Couldn't get them to
> budge.  440 lb-ft of torque wasn't cutting it.  Had to bring the car
> back to the shop and have the idiots loosen them. 
> 
> Bob>>>
> 
> 
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> 
> This point made even w/o Bob mentioning ahem how much he weighs.  Some
> enginerd here can reverse enginerd / extrapolate the 2' / 440 lb-ft
> equation heh heh.
> 
> Love / kisses, Bob.
> 
> -Paul
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