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The one time I needed a giant torque wrench was for my rear axle nut on my 85 911. It has a torque spec of something lik 348 pound feet. I bought the socket to remove the nut with my impact gun.
At reassembly I used my four foot long - inch drive pull handle to get it in the neighborhood by standing on a scale and pressing on the 4 foot end of it until I had calculated it was over 300 lb/ft. I then drove a few miles to a local truck stop repair facility. I walked up to the mechanics bay with a $20 bill in my hand. I asked the first guy if he had a torque wrench that went to 348, he said yea, I said if you will torque two nuts for me the 20 is yours. We walked out to my car, he used my socket, click click, I was gone. He made 20 bucks in 30 seconds.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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