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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 2:53 am    Post subject: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
so, for a swing axle, in numbers I can understand, 217 ft-lbs is 294Nm

so if I have a 2m long extension, I apply 150N or 15kg (rounded) is that right? it doesn't seem much
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:01 am    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
Your arithmetic is easy enough to check, and you're correct. It doesn't seem like much force, but I know none of my joints could take it. Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:17 pm    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
before I had a torque multiplier, I used to stand on the bar about 14 inches out, as I was around 200 lb, and gave a gentle bounce for 'good luck' Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:00 am    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
Ian Godfrey wrote:
before I had a torque multiplier, I used to stand on the bar about 14 inches out, as I was around 200 lb, and gave a gentle bounce for 'good luck' Smile

That's the 80/20 rule as applied Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:32 am    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
simon varley wrote:
so, for a swing axle, in numbers I can understand, 217 ft-lbs is 294Nm

so if I have a 2m long extension, I apply 150N or 15kg (rounded) is that right? it doesn't seem much

A 2m extension is pretty long.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 4:17 pm    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
I have a 250lb torque wrench.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
misterh wrote:

A 2m extension is pretty long.

yup - it's what I needed to undo the nut after fifty years Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 4:57 pm    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
jeffrey8164 wrote:
I have a 250lb torque wrench.
Jeez, I'd need a floor jack to lift that wrench Wink , but if you're 6'6" tall and have 33lb boots you're good to go on an axle nut! Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
I present.......


......the 300Nm torque wrench

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:30 am    Post subject: Re: rear wheel axle nut torque in real units Reply with quote
Simon, thats a bit of good old Aussie ingenuity Very Happy
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