5 cyl timing belt questions

["R. Cummings" <cumm@flash.net>]

>Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:47:21 GMT
>From: quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)
>Subject: Re: 5 cyl timing belt questions
>
>In message <36CCFF21.6F4D8298@remdesign.com> Wallace White writes:
>
>> - Crankshaft bolt torque. I have the locking tool (2084) and the
>> extension (2079), thanks for the generosity of Gurdev Sethi. I have read
>> many times that the correct torque with the extension is 258 ft-lbs. I
>> take that to mean that you should set your torque wrench for 258
>> ft-lbs--but that doesn't make any sense to me. You have to consider the
>> length of the torque wrench, right?
>
>AAAARGHH!!!  THE DREADED TORQUE THREAD!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!
>
Heh, Heh, Heh, I loved that thread. It was violently argued for months.
There were free body diagrams and torques and force times distances floating
all over the pages. But unlike so many threads that are unresolvable (dare I
mention "Torsen") this thread was Engineering Mechanics/Statics 101. And yes
Wallace, set your torque wrench to 258 ft. lbs. But please, please, don't
ask why.

Heh, Heh,

Bob Cummings
87 Coupe GT