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From: Scott Dorsey on 3 Nov 2007 20:20 Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Unfortunately, my Craftsman torque wrench only goes as >low as 20 foot-pounds, and it's not very accurate at >the very low and very high ends of its torque range (20 to 150 ft-lbs). >I bought it just to tighten the wheel nuts to 76 foot-pounds. 18 foot pounds is 18 pounds of force on a wrench arm that is one foot long. That's good and tight but not super tight. Practice with the torque wrench on a fixed bolt so you get the feel of what 20 foot-pounds feels like. It's a little less than that. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Tegger on 3 Nov 2007 22:36 aarcuda69062 <nonelson(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:nonelson- A3B57E.19115703112007(a)news.chi.sbcglobal.net: > In article <Xns99DDBE9B9B548tegger(a)207.14.116.130>, > Tegger <tegger(a)tegger.c0m> wrote: > >> You don't need to be >> the Bionic Woman (or Man) to apply 18 ft-lbs to a fastener. > > Without a wrench? I'd bet you can't do it. ;-) I do it with my teeth. I have Bionic teeth. -- Tegger
From: Built_Well on 4 Nov 2007 01:09 Tegger wrote: > Then get a cheap beam-type. They are good enough down to less than 5 lbs. ======== Imagine that. The Craftsman beam-type torque wrench at Sears has a lifetime warranty, but the clicker only has one year. Since so many Craftsman clickers break easily, I guess somebody probably goofed somewhere when they designed the thing. Somebody writing at the Sears.com's review page for this item said his adjusting handle came off when the retaining nut loosened. "A little threadlock or a nut with a nylon insert would have prevented this from happening," he wrote. Anyway, I guess I'll pick up the lifetime-warranted Craftsman beam-type torquer for the 18 foot-pound drain plug.
From: Built_Well on 4 Nov 2007 01:12 Ray O wrote: > A dry fill condition means removing the oil pan, so the answer to your > question is yes. ======== I wouldn't want to remove the pan! I'd have to spend way too much time underneath the 1.5-ton car. I gotta wonder if crawling under that thing while it was on jack stands is the most dangerous thing I've ever done? I read here in the archive that people are sometimes found lying dead underneath their cars. That's dangerous business.
From: Ray O on 4 Nov 2007 12:13
"Built_Well" <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:472d705e$0$68462$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com... > > Tegger wrote: > >> Then get a cheap beam-type. They are good enough down to less than 5 lbs. > ======== > > Imagine that. The Craftsman beam-type torque wrench at Sears > has a lifetime warranty, but the clicker only has one year. > > Since so many Craftsman clickers break easily, I guess somebody > probably goofed somewhere when they designed the thing. > > Somebody writing at the Sears.com's review page for this > item said his adjusting handle came off when the retaining > nut loosened. "A little threadlock or a nut with a nylon > insert would have prevented this from happening," he wrote. > > Anyway, I guess I'll pick up the lifetime-warranted Craftsman > beam-type torquer for the 18 foot-pound drain plug. > I have never seen anyone use a torque wrench on an oil pan drain plug, an unless you plan on rebuilding your engine or transmission, don't waste your money on another torque wrench. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |