Inch lbs Torque wrench

[Ayles]

This is the one I have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07THFWJVZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[RKDinOKC]

When I was 19 years old I rebuilt the engine on a 71 Audi 100. Used Dad's tools. The torque wrench was old and the type was missing but Dad assured me it was accurate. In the first 300 miles the engine fell apart. The torque wrench was inch lbs instead of ft lbs.

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

When I was 19 years old I rebuilt the engine on a 71 Audi 100. Used Dad's tools. The torque wrench was old and the type was missing but Dad assured me it was accurate. In the first 300 miles the engine fell apart. The torque wrench was inch lbs instead of ft lbs.

That's a great story!

[javadog]

I have several torque wrenches with varying capacities. Everything from inch-pounds to about 600 ft. lbs. I'm not a believer in "feel."

[GH85Carrera]

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.

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

When I was 19 years old I rebuilt the engine on a 71 Audi 100. Used Dad's tools. The torque wrench was old and the type was missing but Dad assured me it was accurate. In the first 300 miles the engine fell apart. The torque wrench was inch lbs instead of ft lbs.

Don't be so hard on yourself: the 300 miles you got out of an early 70s Audi engine wasn't much worse than that of the factory.

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[mattdavis11]

Pull the valve cover bolts out, put some washers under the bolts (shims) tighten and forget about replacing the gasket. The bolts are bottoming out if they have been tightened before. Just did this on our Acura TL, and did it a few years back on our Camry, no more leaks. I don't own a torque wrench.

The TL was a bit more complicated as the bolts only come out if you remove the cover. I cut the washers into 3/4 "moons" and slid them under the bolts, then tightened the bolts. All good 1500 miles later. It was leaking pretty bad, we could smell it in the car.

[Por_sha911]

The only thing worse than too loose is too tight. Better to go light and look for leaks. Also, the higher the torque wrench rating, the less accuracy at the low end of the scale. Borrow a wrench that does inch pounds and get the feel. I wouldn't use a wrench rated at 30 inch/lbs minimum.
I was taught that with my Carrera, if you over tighten you get leaks. If you think its too loose and keep going you warp the valve covers.

[on2wheels52]

One of the perks from the pawn shop.
The S-O goes from 0-50, the Matco from 30-200 in. lbs.
The PO of my Ural gave me updated rims when I bought it. Urals use a nut on the inside of the rim to tighten the spokes rather than that odd 4 sided thing above the rim. Torque was something like 45 in/lbs in stages of three. 40 spokes/wheel x3

[Ayles]

Go light and look for leaks is great and all but in order to do this job the whole intake has to come off so hoping to get it right the first time.

[javadog]

In a pinch, you can use a regular wrench and pull on it with a fish scale...