The best way I've found is to slip a steel rod or bar through the front
drive shaft yoke so that it can jam against a frame rail while the drive
shaft turns during the tightening of the bolt. Doing so allows correct
torquing of the bolt. Trans is in gear of course, and use a rod with some
stiffness, otherwise it will just deform. Loosening is done using the same
method in reverse.
Brian J. Alwin
72 TR6
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From: 6pack-bounces+alwinbj=msn.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+alwinbj=msn.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert
Lang
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:33 PM
To: Tomislav Marincic
Cc: 6pack
Subject: Re: [6pack] Torqueing the Dog Bolt
Hi,
Use brute force... a 1/2" drive impact gun with 125 psi of line pressure
will lock that puppy down at roughly the proper torque. Works every time.
Failing than, if you have the oil pan on, use the "rope trick" to keep the
motor from spinning. Just make sure that either the rocker shaft is not
installed OR you select the proper engine phasing so you don't bend the
valves!
If the pan is off, you can jam a rag between the block and the crank so the
crank won't spin. Just don't leave and "swarf" behind.
There's lots of ways to do this job. And if you drink enough beer while
doing it, you can come up with new methods!
rml
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