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Ahhh, Chas... anyway, I've had the same half inch drive Craftsman HD ratchet wrench now for over 35 years and, during that time (but not in the last couple of decades) I can vividly recall bouncing on the end of a pipe that was over the handle, in order to break a nut loose. Let's see, I was probably about 180, plus bouncing... yeah I think that gets in to the three hundred ft/lbs range. Soooooooo, I'm thinking that wrench is good for 400 ft/lbs or more.;)
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That's what breaker bars are for.
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Is that the largest tuning fork ever made?
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The Finest Wrench Ever Made...
Chas. loves a close up shot of a tool, so here you go. Yep, this is a Vintage Oil Ball Craftsman 44975 1/2" Ratchet. I'm thinking you could probably lift both both Silverback and Chas., along with their bathtubs full of water, with this wrench. :cool:
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add onjThese fancy (expensive) tools are no better than the ones Finishline sold. the only reason for using a cheater bar on a C-man ratchet is they will replace it when you break it, and you will break it sooner or later.
I asked Lynn Parks (Trigo wheels) once about torque and his reply was,"Tight? MFT!" Thats "mighty f'in tight" in technical terms. The problem with hammers is potential fender damage and in the rear with deep wheels, half the stiking force is at a 45* angle to the intended direction of travel. Result is bent/broken spinner ears. I can't afford silly tools, so I made my own. Cost near nothing and WILL remove a stuck spinner. Thats a beetle jack supporting the outer end. The pipe on the business end was turned to fit the axle I. D. |
FYI...... We torqued the wheels on the
Gt-1 Corvette and the Cobra to 600 lbs with BBS wheels ......with a 5 ft 3/4" Snap-on torque wrench....... And take them off with a 3/4" impact gun. Always never-seeze the threads and the nuts or moly-coat the threads on the nut and spindle......nuts are Stainless and some are aluminum. Great sound when you are tightening the nuts.......Klunk-Klunk.....takes two people to do it.... Morris |
The thought of using my portable battery powered impact gun on my wheels is kind of appealing.[/quote]
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I recently got my Cobra and will need to get the front wheels balanced. Olthoff's site has a video on the knock offs and he says you'll hear a definite change in pitch when it's tight, using a lead hammer. I wonder if a plastic dead blow hammer will give you the same clue that it's tight :confused: BTW, Dennis really bangs away when he's tightening the spinner in that video... 350 ft/lbs sounds reasonable.
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Mike-LEAD, LEAD! Not brass.
You'll ruin a brass hammer and hurt the wheel when you miss. Lead is best for those reasons. It's not hard or expensive to use the right tool.;) |
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Get the 6# hammer. The extra weight helps.
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