Torque Tool
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i have used these on my vw's, i chopped one up welded it to my racing beat flywheel tool and i get 285 ft lbs of torque at the flywheel with 28ft lbs on the ratchet. gotta love it if you have no air or a crappy gun
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[quote name='inanimate_object' date='Sep 9 2005, 11:44 PM']Haha very clever! you don't really need that big long bar sticking out then do you?
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nope, you can chop off that long bar and then it will fit in the tool box
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nope, you can chop off that long bar and then it will fit in the tool box
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From: Central Ohio (Hebron) Zephyrhills Fla.
Originally Posted by scottystraub' post='756985' date='Sep 9 2005, 04:42 PM
i have used these on my vw's, i chopped one up welded it to my racing beat flywheel tool and i get 285 ft lbs of torque at the flywheel with 28ft lbs on the ratchet. gotta love it if you have no air or a crappy gun
It looks like about 24" from the center of the socket to the end of the wrench. Is that about right?
That would be 285/2=142.5 pounds at the tip of the wratchet handle to get 285 foot pounds of torque.
That 28 pounds at 2 feet would be 28 X 2 = 56 foot pounds. Not enough.
Perhaps if you put a big *** torque wrench on that in place of a wratchet handle, and adjust the wrench to click at 28 pounds it will give you what you want.
I would put down the formula, but it was erased by old age. Perhaps someone will come up with it.
You can buy offset multiplier wrench sets to double or tripple the value on the torque wrench.
Lynn E. Hanover
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Originally Posted by Lynn E. Hanover' post='760176' date='Sep 18 2005, 06:52 PM
It looks like about 24" from the center of the socket to the end of the wrench. Is that about right?
That would be 285/2=142.5 pounds at the tip of the wratchet handle to get 285 foot pounds of torque.
That 28 pounds at 2 feet would be 28 X 2 = 56 foot pounds. Not enough.
Perhaps if you put a big *** torque wrench on that in place of a wratchet handle, and adjust the wrench to click at 28 pounds it will give you what you want.
I would put down the formula, but it was erased by old age. Perhaps someone will come up with it.
You can buy offset multiplier wrench sets to double or tripple the value on the torque wrench.
Lynn E. Hanover
the wratchet turns a gear that meshes with the flywheel ring gear and then makes the bar turn and the nut tighten. it applys enough force to remove nuts by hand that wont come off with a air gun
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Originally Posted by scottystraub' post='760352' date='Sep 19 2005, 12:48 PM
the wratchet turns a gear that meshes with the flywheel ring gear and then makes the bar turn and the nut tighten. it applys enough force to remove nuts by hand that wont come off with a air gun
What exactly did you use to make that? I always go to the junkyards to break motors apart and that would be great tool to have. I have the Racing Beat tool but man is it a pain in the a$$ to lug around.
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Originally Posted by scottystraub' post='760352' date='Sep 19 2005, 03:48 PM
the wratchet turns a gear that meshes with the flywheel ring gear and then makes the bar turn and the nut tighten. it applys enough force to remove nuts by hand that wont come off with a air gun
THAT is excellent! I'm very impressed...
I have fab skill and resources.. Where can I get the bits you have to assemble this thing?
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mine is for a vw flywheel on a 13b so my ring gear is different, but if you were going to build one for a mazda flywheel you could use a gear off a old starter weld it to a shaft and grind the end square so you can put a torque wrench with a socket on it. i used the racing beat breaker bar because it has the socket end allready. measured out and drilled a hole for the gear to go through,you will need extra material and i nice hole with no slop to keep the gear tight and straight.
