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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Knock off wrenches
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:09:10 -0800
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I think of them as more 'not self-loosening:'

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2001/41/r-u-d-g-e-whit-worth-hub


On 1/22/2020 8:33 AM, Bob Brown via Healeys wrote:
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> On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:09:16 PM CST, Mirek Sharp 
> <m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> "Somewhere I saw a picture of a mechanic hammering a knock-off on a 
> centre-lock wheel on a front-engined formula 1 car (in my mindâ??s eye I 
> see a Maserati), and he had a massive hammer, not the dinky Thor we 
> have in our too kits, and he was wailing on it.  I am not suggesting 
> we do that; it was a race car and all the parameters are different, 
> but it did suggest to me that we donâ??t need to be gentle."
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> I was at a race last year (IMSA LMP3) the mechanic was tightening the 
> octagon knock-offs with a torque wrench to 250 ft/lbs.  I questioned 
> him and he does it at the start of ewach race weekend to ensure that 
> his air tool is properly adjusted to the correct setting.  Yes, it was 
> a race car but 250 lbs and they self tighen as they are driven?
>
> Bob
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    I think of them as more 'not self-loosening:'<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/22/2020 8:33 AM, Bob Brown via
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          mechanic hammering a knock-off on a centre-lock wheel on a
          front-engined formula 1 car (in my mindâ??s eye I see a
          Maserati), and he had a massive hammer, not the dinky Thor we
          have in our too kits, and he was wailing on it.  I am not
          suggesting we do that; it was a race car and all the
          parameters are different, but it did suggest to me that we
          donâ??t need to be gentle."</span></div>
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          race last year (IMSA LMP3) the mechanic was tightening the
          octagon knock-offs with a torque wrench to 250 ft/lbs.  I
          questioned him and he does it at the start of ewach race
          weekend to ensure that his air tool is properly adjusted to
          the correct setting.  Yes, it was a race car but 250 lbs and
          they self tighen as they are driven?</span></div>
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