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Big Bill
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Location: Santa Rosa, Ca
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:52 am Post subject: Re: torque wrench not enough for the job |
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I was able to use the 1 inch drive torque wrench from work before I retired, it had a light and beeper button when you hit the set torque. I bought a nice 3/4 drive wrench and it works well, the biggest problem I usually have is finding a way to keep the engine from dancing around when tightening the gland nut. I set the engine on 2 6X6 blocks and have my wife try and hold the thing down on the blocks she only weights maybe 110 pounds so you know how that goes.  . How do you hold it still to torque the nut?? |
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Cusser
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Location: Hot Arizona
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: torque wrench not enough for the job |
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| How do you hold it still to torque the nut?? |
Either an inexpensive flywheel holder tool, or make one.
Some take a 2-foot strong angle iron and drill two holes and thread to the flywheel, let the ground prevent movement of the angle iron.
Some have wedged an original VW socket supplied in the tool kit to wedge between flywheel teeth and an exhaust stud on the cylinder head; I did that a few times in the past but nowadays I do not recommend that.
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mukluk
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Location: Clyde, TX
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: torque wrench not enough for the job |
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| Big Bill wrote: |
| I was able to use the 1 inch drive torque wrench from work before I retired, it had a light and beeper button when you hit the set torque. I bought a nice 3/4 drive wrench and it works well, the biggest problem I usually have is finding a way to keep the engine from dancing around when tightening the gland nut. I set the engine on 2 6X6 blocks and have my wife try and hold the thing down on the blocks she only weights maybe 110 pounds so you know how that goes. . How do you hold it still to torque the nut?? |
Easiest is to use a buddy bar: http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Axle-Gland-Nut-Leverage-Tool-Buddy-Bar-p/buddy-bar.htm
Alternatively, you can thread two bolts into the flywheel pressure plate holes and brace a pipe, 2x4, what have you through them so that one bolt is underneath your lever and the other atop and the far end of your lever resting on the floor so as to hold the flywheel in place whilst you torque. You never want to use one of the engine case studs to brace against when doing this.
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