Re: Fiesty Morning & Keeping the facts straight

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In a message dated 8/31/01 12:11:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
twalter@austin.rr.com writes:


>   Mazda's have a double whammy
> as they use a LARGE nut on the end of a "crankshaft". 

Very large - over 2-1/2" IIRC. (dont remember exact mm's offhand)   and 
factory torque for it is some ridiculously high rating also....   rebuilt 
several myself and had to call in the heavy artillery to get the darned 
engines apart. 

Laurie :-)
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Chandler, AZ