70 Newport Rear springs

[polara71]

That's it.....I'm coming down tomorrow morning

 

[70NPORT]

Hahaha. Damn I can't believe such a little thing can hold the works up. Even if I do manage to splt the nut I don't think I'm gonna be out of the woods.

 

[polara71]

I 'll be down at 10 with a 6 ft breaker bar

 

[70NPORT]

Do you think that will break them loose??? I mean I put my torque wrench to it (good amount of leverage) and neither budged. It looks like the metal is really fused together.

 

[commando1]

Torque wrench?
I hope you meant to say breaker bar.

 

[polara71]

I keep three lengths of black pipe in my garage....small medium and 6 ft long. You need leverage and that'll get it

 

[polara71]

The torque wrench is not a leverage giver, not for what you need

 

[70NPORT]

Torque wrench?
I hope you meant to say breaker bar.

Torque wrench. My torque wrench is pretty good size....it got the nuts off the u bolts....THAT was no mean feat..shook the whole damn car, so I would've thought it could get the nuts of the bracket bolts. No dice.

 

[70NPORT]

Don't think I've got any pipes and stuff laying around.

 

[commando1]

Well, that Torque Wrench is useless now...

 

[70NPORT]

nah...it was very useful last fall pulling the heads and stuff off.

 

[Big_John]

Yea, a torque wrench should never be used as a breaker bar. Depending on what type it is, you can render it inaccurate in short order.

When you are all done, send it to me and I'll check it.

 

[70NPORT]

Send you my torque wrench? Your able to check it for accuracy?

 

[bluefury361]

Send you my torque wrench? Your able to check it for accuracy?

It needs to be checked against a known good one, for accuracy. A torque wrench is just that. If over stressed, such as removing stuck fasteners, it will effect the calibration.

 

[commando1]

AFAIAC, it's a ratchet, now.

 

[Big_John]

Send you my torque wrench? Your able to check it for accuracy?

Yep. I work in a calibration lab (I used to be one of the owners).

Among the many other things we do, we are A2LA accredited to calibrate torque wrenches.

 

[cld]

AFAIAC, it's a ratchet, now.

Good lord. I didn't realize that.

 

[Big_John]

AFAIAC, it's a ratchet, now.

Not necessarily. Depending of the type of wrench, it may be fine or just need to be adjusted.

A good wrench (read expensive) can be sent out for repair. The HF ones are throwaways.

 

[70NPORT]

EVERYTHING at HF is throwaway......HF is throwaway..

 

[commando1]

Torque wrenches are often available for ten bucks there.
What's a Snap-On?