On Nov 28, 2007 7:14 AM, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My instant reaction when using a clicker wrench is "Now come on,
> THAT's not tight!"
Ha ha ha! Exactly my problem. (Sigh.)
Especially when using it for fasteners where the torque figure seems
absurdly low, like the 14 lb-ft or wh
I carry a cheap torque wrench with short extension and socket with a Sharpie
mark on the scale at the proper torque. I give it to the tire changer and
ask him to torque it to the mark. Been doing that over thirty years with no
problems other than arguments from tire changers that their air wre
Thanks Jim
I had seen this tool before but never knew its name.
Dave H...
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From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:20 AM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
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> OK I quit. What is a heli-coil kit:
> Is it like the blinker fluid? :)
Sadly, it is quite real. It's a kit of stuff
you use to drill out a stripped hole oversize
and run new thread metal into it. Not cheap.
Not fun.
-- Jim
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Fo
Is it like the blinker fluid? :)
Dave H...
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From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:14 AM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ranting and raving
>> that they need to train their people in the use of a clicker torqu
OK I quit. What is a heli-coil kit:
Is it like the blinker fluid? :)
Dave H...
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From: "Jim Cathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:14 AM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Subject: Re: [MBZ] R
> that they need to train their people in the use of a clicker torque
> wrench -
> the guy appeared to think it stopped tightening when the clicking
> occurred.
My instant reaction when using a clicker wrench is "Now come on,
THAT's not tight!"
Yes, I own a heli-coil kit. (Only one, so far.)
Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs
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From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ranting and raving
> Another reason why I won't let a tir
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ranting and raving
> It is advisable to double check the torque on wheel bolts/nuts after a
> visit to the tire shop, unless you know that the shop do good work.
> Another side affect of over tightened lugs is that if you ha
Another reason why I won't let a tire shop touch my lug bolts. I take
the wheels off at home, take them to the shop for the new tires, and
put them on myself (you have to have more than one car for this trick
though).
On Nov 27, 2007 6:12 PM, Hendrik & Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is advisa
It is advisable to double check the torque on wheel bolts/nuts after a
visit to the tire shop, unless you know that the shop do good work.
Another side affect of over tightened lugs is that if you have a flat it
is hard to undo with the standard tire wrench, especially for the fairer
sex. Nothin
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