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Old July 18th 05, 06:11 PM
jeff
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Build yourself a torque wrench extension:
http://www.specialpatrolgroup.co.uk/...ue/torque.html
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Peter Pontbriand wrote:
> Hmm. A conundrum has surfaced. I've incrementally increased the torque on
> the pinion nut a few times to the maximum of 250 ft-lbs my torque wrench
> will do. The preload has increased, i can feel more resistance to turning,
> but I can still turn the pinion nut with my in-lbs torque wrench set to it's
> minimum of 25 in-lbs without it clicking.
>
> What do I do? Crank on the pinion nut with a breaker bar and hope I don't go
> to far, or put it all back together and hope the preload is enough as-is?

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