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Re: [Healeys] Knock off wrenches

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Knock off wrenches
From: Bob Brown via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:33:10 +0000 (UTC)
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    On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10:09:16 PM CST, Mirek Sharp <m.g.sharp@s=
ympatico.ca> wrote: =20
 "Somewhere I saw a picture of a mechanic hammering a knock-off on a centre=
-lock wheel on a front-engined formula 1 car (in my mind=E2=80=99s eye I se=
e a Maserati), and he had a massive hammer, not the dinky Thor we have in o=
ur too kits, and he was wailing on it.=C2=A0 I am not suggesting we do that=
; it was a race car and all the parameters are different, but it did sugges=
t to me that we don=E2=80=99t need to be gentle."
I was at a race last year (IMSA LMP3) the mechanic was tightening the octag=
on knock-offs with a torque wrench to 250 ft/lbs.=C2=A0 I questioned him an=
d he does it at the start of ewach race weekend to ensure that his air tool=
 is properly adjusted to the correct setting.=C2=A0 Yes, it was a race car =
but 250 lbs and they self tighen as they are driven?
Bob
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ive hammer, not the dinky Thor we have in our too kits, and he was wailing =
on it.&nbsp; I am not suggesting we do that; it was a race car and all the =
parameters are different, but it did suggest to me that we don=E2=80=99t ne=
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r (IMSA LMP3) the mechanic was tightening the octagon knock-offs with a tor=
que wrench to 250 ft/lbs.&nbsp; I questioned him and he does it at the star=
t of ewach race weekend to ensure that his air tool is properly adjusted to=
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