finally got a good deal on fleaBay, needed a torque multiplier, ended up buying an old Snap-On dial type torque wrench and multiplier together for the heady price of $38 including shipping! kinda makes up for the "gotta have its" like the 56J tach sender I bought quite a few years ago...
nate
(I suppose I *could* have just bought an impact wrench, but then I'd need an air compressor and a portable tank... all stuff I'd like to have, but ya know...)
...or maybe not. Got a really nifty little inch-pound torque wrench and a RATCHET ATTACHMENT. Grr.
Oh well, it's still well worth quite a few times what I paid for it, and I didn't have a low-torque torque wrench. I still don't have a torque multiplier however.
nate
So what are the torque specs on hose clamps and dash gauge brackets?
Lee (next question... what's a torque multiplier?)
Trick question, the hose clamps are wire springs
Basically a gear reduction box, sometimes with a handle, the "innie" end you put your breaker bar in, the "outie" end gets your socket. Say you have a 4:1 gear reduction, you put 200 lbs. of force at the end of your
18" breaker bar thus 300 ft-lbs. of torque into the torque multiplier. The socket will turn 1/4 as far as the breaker bar (assuming you break the fastener free) but with 300 ft-lbs in, you get 1200 ft-lbs out, minus frictional losses. I wanted it for purely non-automotive purposes... got a couple jobs around the house that I suspect will involve breaking loose long-rusted connections in tight spots.here's an example of something like what I was expecting, although a little larger than I need...
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