I don't remember the torque value from the fsm but whatever it is, you can use simple leverage to multiply your torque.



if it's say 400 ft-lbs, you can take a rachet, and use a pipe, the measure the distance from the pivot to your weight, and multiply your weight accordingly... say if you weigh 200lbs, and hang off the pipe, you can go 2 feet out to obtain 400 ft-lbs. get it?

 

yeah, i get it, ghetto, but i guess that will have to work



and after looking at mazdatrix's writeup, it doesn't look too bad. although i dont really want to cut off my dust shield, and i dont want to have to pull off the hub



any suggestions?

 

I don't remember cutting anything.



I don't consider using a lever to multiply torque as 'ghetto', it's intelligent.

 

its relatively intelligent, although ghetto compared to using an air wrench/rachet/whatever with a specific torque setting on it

 

wow, that will really help me out in the future. Thanks for the info!

 

i dont see why its ghetto either. Its a good way to measure it when you have no other means. And at that level it does not have to be exactly on the mark.

 

Just because it's not using a special tool, with precise increments (although you could actually be precise), someone might think it's ghetto. I think that would work great, especially if you have a breaker bar marked in feet, and you know your own weight.

 

ITS NOT "GHETTO", its basic physics 101. BTW, it is a QA Approved procedure to use torque multiplying devices for Nuclear Level I,II and III as well as SUBSAFE LEVEL work.

 

i don't think it's 400 ft/lbs... i think its 230 ft/lbs.



i can't remember... iahve the bushings sitting on my desk for the past 3 months as well, i need to change the rear bearings at the same time.