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Dat Ole Damper bolt
About replacing the timing belt in an I-5, Hizzoner Phil Payne notes:
The major problem for most people is the torque - 332 lb ft at the
bolt.
True. But remember that although generating 332 lbs/ft with a
ONE-foot wrench requires 332 pounds of oomph...you can slide a 4-
foot pipe over a 1/2" "breaker bar" handle and the push required at
the end of the FOUR-foot pipe is only 83 pounds. BTDT with pipe
and calibrated shoulder, nothing fell off afterwards, and I don't think
10 or 20 lbs/ft one way or another (when you're at those kind of
numbers) makes a whole lot of difference.
YMMV. (Lessee....where's my beer...0
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1958 Fiat 1200 Spyder "Transformabile"
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