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[KTS]

 

 

Thanks for all the advice I put the gearbox back on the block and did not use any loctite but found it impossible to get my torque wrench in to torque the bolts to required poundage

 

You need a Crow's Foot adaptor for your torque wrench for them.

 

Don't you have to use a different torque setting with crow's foot spanners to compensate for the change in leverage?  Sure I read that somewhere years ago but can't remember how you work it out.

 

 

..with the crows foot at 90 degrees to the wrench the effective length of the torque wrench is pretty much the same, so no need to compensate

[Spider]

While I have mentioned in this thread how these bolts can be torqued up, I have to say, I've never done them using a torque measuring device. I've only ever spannered them up to what I feel appropriate and while not accurate, Ive never had an issue. If anyone is tempted to do them this way, while I can't describe in words how tight they should be by feel, one way to gauge it for yourself is to torque us the same size fasteners (1/4" UNF, Grade 5) somewhere that is accessible with a socket (there is about 3 on the Gearbox to engine set you can do this with), then feel them with a spanner. No matter what anyone's claim is, it's not nearly as accurate as using a torque wrench (which in itself isn't the greatest), but there's many joints, like this one, where some variability isn't going to be an issue.