Glenn
from the land of the el-cheapo torques
Gee that method sounds too complicated for me. If I'm ever on a desert island
with my
coach and need to torque the lug nuts I'll try it. Meanwhile, my good friend
Chuck Will helped me
find one for $69.95 at Harbor Salvage. They have a web site:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/DisplayItem.taf?ItemNumber=808
that describes the one that I think I'll buy.
Thanks for the tip, however I hope I don't have to try it for real in the near
future.
By the way I'm a pilot, but not an A&P mechanic. You must be one or the other or
both.
I've been told that there are a lot of pilots in the GMC owners group. Ralph Luby
told
me that one time. I guess pilots are attracted to the aircraft like structure and
the systems. This
GMC sure reminds me of all the work we have to do on our 1979 Cessna 182 Turbo RG!
Richard Waters
1976 Palm Beach
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> Richard,
>
> If you can't find a torque wrench at a decent price that'll do 250 foot
> pounds, here's a trick I learned once when I had to torque a propeller on an
> airplane miles and miles away from the nearest torque wrench:
>
> Use a socket and a bar wrench (do they call them breaker bars? All socket
> sets seem to have one.)
>
> Place a long pipe over the handle of the wrench. Use at least a one inch
> pipe, preferably larger, that will go over the handle of the wrench.
>
> Measure from the center of the socket to a point on the pipe. To keep the
> arithmetic simple, mark it at four feet.
>
> Get a spring scale like they use for weighing fish (do they call it a fish
> scale?)
>
> Put the socket on the lug nut and position the pipe/lug wrench assembly to the
> left of the lug nut at about the 7 or 8 o'clock position.
>
> Put the weighing hook (on the bottom of the scale) on the point you marked on
> the pipe, and pull up on the support end of the scale.
>
> A pull of 62 1/2 pounds at 4 feet will give you a torque of 250 foot pounds at
> the socket. That outta be "close enough for government work." Actually, it's
> very exact, and a method I use to check to see if my torque wrenches are
> giving me the values they say they are.
>
> If you want to use a shorter or longer pipe, just divide 250 pounds by the
> distance you mark on the pipe to determine the value of pull that you need to
> exert.
>
> It works for me.
>
> Glenn
> 78K OR (land of the el-cheapo torques)
from the land of the el-cheapo torques
Gee that method sounds too complicated for me. If I'm ever on a desert island
with my
coach and need to torque the lug nuts I'll try it. Meanwhile, my good friend
Chuck Will helped me
find one for $69.95 at Harbor Salvage. They have a web site:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/DisplayItem.taf?ItemNumber=808
that describes the one that I think I'll buy.
Thanks for the tip, however I hope I don't have to try it for real in the near
future.
By the way I'm a pilot, but not an A&P mechanic. You must be one or the other or
both.
I've been told that there are a lot of pilots in the GMC owners group. Ralph Luby
told
me that one time. I guess pilots are attracted to the aircraft like structure and
the systems. This
GMC sure reminds me of all the work we have to do on our 1979 Cessna 182 Turbo RG!
Richard Waters
1976 Palm Beach
- -----------
> Richard,
>
> If you can't find a torque wrench at a decent price that'll do 250 foot
> pounds, here's a trick I learned once when I had to torque a propeller on an
> airplane miles and miles away from the nearest torque wrench:
>
> Use a socket and a bar wrench (do they call them breaker bars? All socket
> sets seem to have one.)
>
> Place a long pipe over the handle of the wrench. Use at least a one inch
> pipe, preferably larger, that will go over the handle of the wrench.
>
> Measure from the center of the socket to a point on the pipe. To keep the
> arithmetic simple, mark it at four feet.
>
> Get a spring scale like they use for weighing fish (do they call it a fish
> scale?)
>
> Put the socket on the lug nut and position the pipe/lug wrench assembly to the
> left of the lug nut at about the 7 or 8 o'clock position.
>
> Put the weighing hook (on the bottom of the scale) on the point you marked on
> the pipe, and pull up on the support end of the scale.
>
> A pull of 62 1/2 pounds at 4 feet will give you a torque of 250 foot pounds at
> the socket. That outta be "close enough for government work." Actually, it's
> very exact, and a method I use to check to see if my torque wrenches are
> giving me the values they say they are.
>
> If you want to use a shorter or longer pipe, just divide 250 pounds by the
> distance you mark on the pipe to determine the value of pull that you need to
> exert.
>
> It works for me.
>
> Glenn
> 78K OR (land of the el-cheapo torques)
