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I tried darn near
everything to get it off my junk/practice core. Bought the correct socket,
used a cheater pipe etc. Finally, since this was only a junk core, I
drilled the damn thing off.
Christopher
Barber
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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!
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