Re: Crankshaft gear (nearly) falls off!!!

[Paul.Heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Heneghan,Paul)]

Thanks for the response.  I thought it would have to depend on the 
 length of the torque wrench, but neither Bentley nor Haynes specifies 
 what length of torque wrench to use.  My torque wrench is 24" long - 
 this would give a torque of  387lbft - that's more than axle nuts!

By the way, how did you lock the engine?

Paul
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>From: Orin Eman
>To: Heneghan, Paul
>Subject: Re: Crankshaft gear (nearly) falls off!!!
>Date: 16 July 1996 10:27
>
>> 
>> p.s. how do you arrive at the figure 300lbft from 258lbft and a 12" 
>>  extension?
>> 
>
>This depends on the length of the torque wrench...  If the torque wrench
>is L" long, the torque is 258 * (L + 12) / L.  Probably more like 400lbft!
>
>I did my timing belt a couple of weeks ago and I used a 5ft pipe to break
>the bolt loose with most of my weight on the end (160lb).
>
>I did similar to torque it again (no I didn't use the extension).
>
>Orin.