torque wrench in inch pounds

[bobs409]

I'd like to adjust the bands on a powerglide and the instructions say to tighten the nut to 70 inch lbs, then back off 4 turns.

Problem is, I don't have a torque wrench for inch lbs and can't seem to find one that goes that low. (found one at Autozone but goes from 110-220 inch lbs)

Can someone give me an idea of how tight 70 inch lbs is? Is it just lightly snug?

Thanks,


Bob

 

[models916]

try this

This does not seem to work on my MAC
If you have a PC it may work

http://www.sciencelab.com/data/conversion_calculators/torque-conversion.shtml

 

[models916]

and the answer is?

5.8 foot pounds. just devide by 12.

 

[bobs409]

Thanks models. Problem now is that my torque wrench only goes down to 25 ft lbs.

 

[Fathead Racing]

" lbs?

Bob, I'm going to stick my neck out here!If you were to take a 3/8" drive ratchet and one of those fish scales, you know the ones with the hook on the end that reads in lbs. Hook the scale in the hole at the end of the ratchet and pull the amount of inch lbs divided by the legnth of the ratchet handle. You know, if the handle is 4" long you would divide 70X4=17.5" lbs. You know thats all a tourqe wrench is. If you hung a 1 lb weight off a 1 foot flex handle that would be 1 ft lb at the drive end of the handle! I think that's the way it works.

 

[dq409]

Bob,,, find the correct torq wrench !!! Leave the fishing to Fatride !!! :stooges

 

[wrench]

torque wrench

Thanks models. Problem now is that my torque wrench only goes down to 25 ft lbs.

You need a beam type torque wrench, not the click type. Those start at zero on the scale. KD Tools has them - item 2955. Most guys have gone to the click type torque wrench. There are others that can do the job. Snap on sells the dial type.

Perhaps one of the Auto Zones would have one on the loaner program.

 

[jester]

I alway thought that there were 12" lbs to 1 ft. lbs. Have I been wrong all these years?

 

[MRHP]

yes

Twelve inch pounds does equal one foot pound. Inch pounds is just a more accurate measurement at such a small amount of torque. And yes, get a dial or beam style torque wrench.

 

[bobs409]

I'll see if I can find one of them then.

Thanks,


Bob


P.S. I wonder how accurate fatrides idea would be? Maybe I'll have to put it to the test.

 

[Dond409]

Sears

Bob
Go to a Sears Hardware or a regular Sears store and get a Craftsman beam style torque wrench. I have one. Bought many years ago.

 

[jester]

Twelve inch pounds does equal one foot pound. Inch pounds is just a more accurate measurement at such a small amount of torque. And yes, get a dial or beam style torque wrench.

Well, look at that . Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[tmracing62]

Sears Craftsman

 

[Fathead Racing]

Just thinking out loud!

Bob,,, find the correct torq wrench !!! Leave the fishing to Fatride !!! :stooges

I told you I'd be sticking my neck out Bob But really, if I had to torque something RIGHT NOW, and didn't have a torque wrench I still think that would work if you had the conversion from Ft. lbs to Inch lbs correct.

 

[bobs409]

Well, I used Fatrides suggestion, worked good enough for me. (I don't think it's all that "critcal" anyway) Turns out, it made no improvement anyway, car still is lazy shifting into 2nd. :

Guess a trans rebuild is in my future. Now, I have to decide if I want to do it myself or farm it out.

BTW, I did check Sears but the only torque wrench in inch pounds was $75 dollars! :eek:

 

[jester]

Hey Bob , just for giggles, did you happen to change the modulater?

 

[bobs409]

I didn't replace it but was thinking of seeing if it was the adjustable kind and messing with that.

Can a bad modulator cause the lazy 1-2 shift?

 

[No409]

i got a digital torque wrench from Snap-on. thing is cool, cause it will do foot lbs, inch lbs, and newton meters . it was like 250$. only prob it if you use it a lot, the batterys wear out pretty quickly

 

[bobs409]

Thanks Tom but I buy whole cars for that kind of money!


I don't use torque wrenches enough to justify spending that much. I think I paid around $50 for the one I have. It gets used twice a year if that.

 

[No409]

i use them almost every day, so i could justify the cost, vs. 3 differend torque wrenches, espically since im seeing a lot of newton meter stuff, on foreign cars