Re: [Amc-list] big a** wrenches

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,

Try your local rent all center, give them a call, they may "rent" a 1-3/4
inch socket and giant 3/4 or inch drive breaker bar. You need a king daddy
torque wrench any way to re-torque this stuff.

Better yet if you know a guy that works for a Chrysler Jeep
dealer..........they had to mess with this stuff all the time.....

When I was concerned about the "torque" on my nuts (he he he) (quit laughing
you guys)  I asked my buddy who works for a Chrysler Jeep dealer, he came
over with a 1-3/4 inch socket and a king daddy torque wrench.
We broke the nuts loose and re-torqued them to about 275 ft lbs. in about
ten minutes.

A big socket works much better than the wrench. You'll thank yourself for
not busting up your knuckles.

Armand



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: "AMC List" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:32 AM
Subject: [Amc-list] big a** wrenches


> So I'm just gonna buy a pair of 1-3/4" wrenches. No sense
> avoiding, or being afraid of, working on big-nut rears, or
> using junk solutions.
>
> So "real" wrenches (SK or better) are like $100. Crap wrenches
> are as low as $12 (!!!).
>
> Since these are low-use, but high torque, I'm thinking of
> buying some middling non-brand that at least claims to be
> vanadium steel, drop forged. (The cheap ones say "fully
> polished!" (great!) "carbon steel" (umm, great?) or nothing
> at all... I figure if they go out on a limb and utter a known
> alloy steel there's a slight chance it won't bend into a "Y"
> with 300 ft/lbs.
>
> The middling ones run $25 - $35 each. Sound about right?
>
> What a morass this cheapest-cheap-crap-I-can-get-walmart
> world is.
>
> Snap-On is like $200 each, if you want a benchmark :-)
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