Timeline for Is there a work-around for a lack of clearance to use my torque-wrench?
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| Jan 16, 2023 at 17:33 | comment | added | Jim | Thanks. I should have been more clear. | |
| Jan 16, 2023 at 13:14 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @Jim - Thank you for clarifying, because no where in your question did you specify that and I assumed that's what you were talking about. In the case of the tensioner bolt, don't worry about torquing it to any given spec. You'll have to do that one by feel. The only advice I can give you is tighten it until it's tight. The tensioner bolt is not something which has a critical torque to it like the crankshaft bolt. It does have to be tight enough to hold things in place, though. | |
| Jan 16, 2023 at 10:18 | comment | added | Jim | @Paulster2 Just to be clear, this is not the crank-pulley bolt, I'm talking about, it's the tensioner nut. | |
| Jan 14, 2023 at 5:51 | comment | added | Jim | Ah. Yes, it looks like he doesn't torque the tensioner nut. Perhaps the tensioner is designed so that the nut does not need torquing, since you have to manually move the tensioiner-tooth up to the mark on the tensioner case. This is the second K7M timing-belt change video where I've seen the mech tighten the tensioner nut by hand and I saw no actual torque-wrench used. In fact the Gary de la Cruz video he says 'make sure its nice and tight'.... as he tightens it with a hand-spanner. youtube.com/watch?v=xBnl2gLhgTI skip to 14:32 | |
| Jan 13, 2023 at 18:43 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | @Jim - youtu.be/BIssdLBqyJY | |
| Jan 13, 2023 at 16:10 | comment | added | Jim | I'd like to see that video. I've removed the plastic wheel arch, which I suppose you could call an engine guard, and unfortunately the only access-holes it opens up in the frame are too high for the tensioner nut. I have approx 32mm between the car frame and the bolt over which the nut is threaded. My torque-wrench - prior to attaching a socket - is ... well here is a pic to show how the wrench without the socket takes up all the space. tempfile.io/en/3GgdYPzD9RHNSKz/preview | |
| Jan 13, 2023 at 12:33 | history | answered | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |