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Re: Tool questions

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Subject: Re: Tool questions
From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 19:04:00 -0500
-> An aircraft mechanic working on my plane once told me that if you
-> need more torque than a 1/4 inch socket can deliver something is
-> wrong...he used 1/4 drive sockets almost exclusively.

 I'd like to see someone torque a set of head bolts to 125 ft-lb with a
1/4 inch drive.  And there are engines that require more torque than
that.  I won't even mention what some harmonic balancers take.
                                                       

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