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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 18:30:43 -0500,= John Slade wrote:
Y'know that massive nut that everyone has trouble= getting off?
Any tips on how to get it on?
Tracy says 350 ft= pounds. Phew. That's me jumping on the end of my torque
wrench.
How= do I hold the shaft / counterweights / airplane still while I do= this?
Any suggestions on where to get a 2 1/8 socket? That size seems= to be
missing from my $9 socket set :)
Regards,
John Slade= (torquing up a storm)





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John,

Two suggestions on your= problem. If my memory serves me correctly, Bruce Turrentine says to torque= to 150 ft-lbs and mark the nut and turn 60 degrees more using a 3 ft= cheater bar to get the correct torque. It is in his rebuild tape. Holding= the plane down might be a problem. You can purchase the socket from Sears= for about $25-30. Option two, would be to borrow/rent one from a place= that changes tractor-trailer tires and use an impact wrench to tighten the= extra 60 degrees. Without Ed Anderson's help I would never have gotten the= nut off. Ed's impact wrench made it look like child's play. Same would be= true installing. I have never tried this but I have heard you can use an= impact wrench with a "spare air" tank if you don't have a compressor at the= hanger. You only need a few short bursts with the impact wrench. Of= course, if you are Ed Anderson, you just haul a compressor around in the= back of your van to help lost souls like me! ;-)

 

Jim Brewer

Like "Dust" I need a= fix--keep us posted, John!