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Can someone give me a quick lesson on using "length of wrench X weight" to calculate torque? An example would help.

Sure Doug.
One Ft/lb of torque is equal to one pound of force applied to the end of a 1 foot long wrench. As such, if you apply 2 lbs of force to the end of a 1' long wrench then you have applied 2ft/lbs of torque to the bolt/nut (Or 1lb applied to a 2ft long wrench).

When I reinstalled my ball joint nuts, I had the A-Arm off the car and clamped in a vice on a workbench. I then used a one foot long pipe wrench and applied my body weight until it tight. This told me that the nut was at 160 ft-lbs (My body weight). I then used a pipe to extend the length of the wrench to get me just over 185ftlbs, which is the recommended torque for that nut.

Noel