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["Greg Woodard" <gwoodard@ndsuext.nodak.edu>]

Fellow Audians:

If I hear anymore about torque, I think the little hair that I have 
left will all fall out.

I have come to the conclusion that the membership on the list is just 
to diversified.  When you use KISS, the techies get bent out of shape 
about semantics.  When you write in techie, the non technical people 
write and want you to explain it in non techie terms.

So lets take one last shot at this torque crap.  If you are one of 
the non tech people, see my previous post, it is correct, and hit 
delete now.

If you are still here.  I will try to explain what I have found to be 
the preeminant mistake being made. 
Most of you are assuming that the torque on the end of the tool is the
same as a push on the end of the tool.  It is not, the torque must be 
resolved into its component "FORCES" to determine the force along the 
tangent to the acr subscribed by the tool at the point where the tool 
and wrench meet.  It is this force that acts over the length of the tool to 
produce the needed torque on the bolt.  In order to achieve the 
proper tangential force, you need a torqe of 258 ft.lbs, and it will 
not make one damn bit of differance how long of a lever you use to 
create that force. (having never seen the tool in question i am 
assuming that it has a 1/2" square hole and that the 1/2" drive of 
the wrench snaps into it.  If it fits over the end of the wrench and 
acts as a true extension rather than being driven by the 1/2" drive
then that would be differant)

I did my homework on this, and know that I am correct.  If you 
disagree, great.  DO NOT write to me and expound about your 
credentials.  It is really oxymoronic when SOME of you perport 
impressive credentials and then talk nonsense.

I hope that no one has taken personal offense at any of this.  But 
this whole thing has gotten totally out of hand.  Even with some of 
the shoots that some of you have privately taken at me, I would still 
like to meet all of you.  Then we could have a real yelling match 
over a cold beer.

And now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Greg