Atlanta Guys..Help!

Did a rear axle shaft overhaul last weekend but can't seem to find a shop that has a big enough torque wrench to snug up the outer nut to the 340 FT lbs. I have snuggled it up with my 3/4 breaker and cheater and could drive it for a short distance, but not to far. I am in Dacula(NE Atlanta area). Anyone know of a shop that might have the capacity? Thanks!! PS. Anyone going to the Petit Le Mans this weekend?

 

you don't need a torque wrench. Use a jackstand at the fulcrum point of the lever arm (wrench). Get a long bar on the wrench. Take your weight and figure out how far from the fulcrum point you need to stand to put 340 pounds on the nut. I weigh 200. I stood 18" from the end of the lever arm and let it tighten from there. works well. Is it perfect. Nope. Will it do, yep.

If you really have to get it exact, go to a big diesel shop and pay the guy $10 to torque it. They'll have a wrench that goes to 600 for sure.

 

I do know that Northside Forklift has a 3/4 drive socket because I gave them one for helping me break one of these loose with a big-*** air gun. I'm sure they have a big ole torque wrench too.

 

Does Autozone have a loaner that will do it?

 

I have a 3/4 drive Snap-On Torque wrench that works very well for that.
If you can get it here I will torque it for you free of charge.

 

Nooby should have goine to you in the first place, Greg.

 

European Classics is a shop in Atlanta that does excellent work and the owner is a 928 Jedi Master (Howard Write). He would be able to help you for sure...
770-409-9246

 

Thanks everyone! Greg, just to far to drive to your place on this one, but thanks! Mike, Northside only went up to the more common 250 FT lbs. Just found a truck place over by the Gwinnett County Airport and will try them at lunch. Thanks again.

 

It is here if you need it.

Very few auto repair places are going to have one that big, most truck shops, well lets just say that outside of building engines which few do, a torque wrench is a tool that gets very little use, if at all.
When I worked on trucks and heavy equipment I can not remember ever using a torque wrench, you just hammer with the biggest impact you got and hope it is tight enough.

But then again, things may have changed a lot since I did that kind of work 30 years ago.

 

Thats funny Greg. I find I use my torque wrench for lots of stuff now that I have a really good one. Every fastener I put on my car now gets torqued to spec down to M8. M6 is really just hand tight.
I really dig using the wrench and then marking it with a paint pen.