Re: 5 cyl timing belt questions

[Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>]

> >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.

I disagree.  Use a 27mm socket, breaker bar and pipe and
the following formula:

Put weight of mechanic at distance along pipe from the center of
the bolt (in feet) given by 332/weight of mechanic (lbs).
Pipe must be horizontal.

Orin.