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Re: 3/4" Torque wrench



>At the end of the job you need the torque the bolt to spec., ideally using
a
>torque wrench. If you don't have a torque wrench you can just use simple
>physics: Torque = Force x Length of the lever. e.g. a 200lb person standing
>on a 2ft breaker bar gives you 400 ft-lb of torque.

   Worked for me over two years ago(11K miles).  In fact, I don't even think
I was that precise...moral:have faith in your judgement of what's neccessary
and the Audi Gods should take care of the rest...