Tool for torquing tube to bellhousing bolts?

[bebbetufs]

How on earth do you get to the two top bolts on the torque tube?
I had to use a flexible ring wrench and all my might to get them off, but now I'm wondering how to torque them correctly when I'm ready to reinstall. There is no way I can get my torque wrench up there.

[Techno Duck]

Flex joint, long extension and a flex head ratchet work. Personally i dont use a torque wrench on those, i just do it by feel.

[Tervuren]

Take the distance of your leverage, say, its six inches, on a 31ft/lb bolt, then 62 lb's on a six inch lever is 31ft/lb's.

Like the post above, I sometimes estimate the body strength to exert a similar amount of force, then take a rough guess of how long my leverage is, and go for it.

You can practice such things with your torque wrench if you want, just put your hand short enough on it to represent the leverage you have with whatever wrench you are using, and get a feel for it.

[bebbetufs]

Thanks. I was thinking something like a crows foot would do it, but then the risk of rounding the head would be high.

[porschetub]

I turn nuts and bolts for a living ,you just get to know by feel,I fitted my torque tube after fitting the bellhousing to the motor as I didn't have a clutch alignment tool.
This helps in another way because you don't have the tube in the way and you can tilt the motor downwards to give more room to work on the top bolts.
In short I just cranked the buggers up,cheers