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Re: Torque

To: ROADSTER <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Torque
From: Philip Erickson <philip.erickson@Agouron.COM>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:55:50 -0700
Leigh,
Time to go to Sears and buy an inch-pound torque wrench. <grin>
or just use one finger to pull on the wrench.
Phil

shifty wrote:

> Tom,
>
> How do you gauge this? My spanky new Craftsman torque wrench starts at 25
> lbs!
>
> Leigh Brooks
> San Francisco
>
> On 7/28/99 9:47 AM, Thomas Walter wrote:
>
> >I'd 'snug' the top two bolts to no more than 5 ft-lbs.  Those nuts
> >are huge, and the mental thought of Daniel getting a torque wrench
> >up to 30 ft-lbs and heaving a "CRACK!" is too much.


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