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Dec 30, 2010 | 01:35 PM

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Torque in tight spaces?

what do you guys use to torque down bolts in areas where the torque wrench dont fit?

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Dec 30, 2010 | 02:11 PM

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I bought a smaller torque wrench when the normal sized one did not on something that I was working on.

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what do you guys use to torque down bolts in areas where the torque wrench dont fit?

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Dec 30, 2010 | 03:10 PM

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Use a hand wrench and guess. You can sorta feel the right force, when it goes tight. Most of them are 37# right?

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Dec 30, 2010 | 03:16 PM

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Use a hand wrench and guess. You can sorta feel the right force, when it goes tight. Most of them are 37# right?

thats correct. im trying to torque the nuts at the bottom and sides of the diff to trans but the torque wrench wont fit. i guess ill have to go by feel

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Dec 30, 2010 | 09:05 PM

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I kind of guess too. So far so good.

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I have never had a t-wrench from HF that was dead on . They sell a calibrated tool to check torque.

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