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From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 21:50:03 -0700 (MST)
     Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 8:53:44 -0600
     From: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@pyrite.chem.tamu.edu>
     Subject: SPRING SCALES (was: Torque wrenches...)

>Any wrench becomes a torque wrench by attaching a fish scale to the end, 
>measuring the length from the bolt and doing inch times ounces. Just 
>keep everything orthogonal, or adjust for the angle.

Yep, this is a good cheap, quickie way to do it.  One of my factory
auto-repair manuals (Mazda 323) even shows this as a way to set the bearing
preload ---by using a spring scale to pull on the hub until it moves. 

BUT - those "fish scales" that you get at Billy-Bob's fishing tackle shop 
can't be all that accurate ---- SO - Does anyone have a source of 
well-calibrated spring scales?

 Lee M. Daniels                 Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding
 daniels@cryogen.com                                      Texas A&M University
 '74 TR6  '77 MGB      "Damn the candles on the cake, crank up the rock & roll 
  and slide the Triumph through the curves!" - TeriAnn Wakeman

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