Been there,Did that...Nut size is 1 13/16"
Dave Gebhard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 6:30 PM
Subject: Torque Talk
>
> Greetings to all. The nut holding on the crankshaft pulley
> came loose on my car and I had to tighten it back down today.
> Since I don't have the correct size socket, I ended up clamping
> locking pliers perpendicularly out from the nut and then turning
> that with a 10 inch pipe wrench. I leaned on it with most of
> my weight - 180 pounds. It's supposed to be torqued to 150
> ft/lbs and intuitively it seems that I'm all right, but I think
> that those in the know could actually mathematically quantify
> this. Could someone let me know how to calculate approximate
> torque from the above info if that is possible? (Completed
> answers are also cheerfully accepted! B-) ).
>
> TIA!
>
> Greg Rowe
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