[DeTomaso] Increasing a torque wrench's capacity?

Sean Korb spkorb at gmail.com
Sat Feb 11 23:53:17 EST 2012


+1

Great find Jerry!

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Jerry R Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:
> Ran accross this on the internet:
>
> http://www.specialpatrolgroup.co.uk/spooky/torque/torque.html
>
> No sure my synaps are woth much this evening but it does reverence most of
> the question.
>
> YMMV,
> jerry knotts
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <steven.liebenow at att.net>
> To: "mailing list detomaso" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:39 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Increasing a torque wrench's capacity?
>
>
>> OK, brain cells are very rusty on this one.....
>>
>> How do I increase the capacity of my torque wrench?
>>
>> I have a 150ft-lbs click style wrench now, and I need 220-50ish to do the
>> large
>> nuts on my ZF input and output shafts.
>>
>> Do I increase the length with a 1ft adapter to move the wrench out by
>> double or
>> must I double the "handle length" of the torque wrench, about 18' or
>> so....
>>
>> Does this apply to click type torque wrenches or the pointer style, or
>> does it
>> even make a difference......
>>
>> I really don't want to buy a monster torque wrench at this time.....and
>> I'm not
>> sure yet if I can rent a large one from Kragens!
>>
>> Anyway, figured I'd throw this out for the rocket scientists to digest and
>> comment!
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Steve
>>
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