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Old 09-23-2008, 11:37 AM
Arthur Dalton Arthur Dalton is offline
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You want the lowest one you can find as that torque is usually 15-30 in/lbs....and a dial is very nice b/c you can see it creaping up there as you add torque.

Some guys use those 1/4/drive torque screwdrivers..they work great and are cheap...you can preset them cuz they have a clicker.

As CH said, you can go a little more on the in/lb reading b/c you have bearings with normal wear on them, so a little extra won't hurt any...but not much..1-2 in/lbs.
Many guys that use the index mark procedure will go a hair past the index knowing there is wear in the diff and that will tighten them up a bit,but caution is the name of the game here...which is why I always go get a final in/lb reading before putting driveshaft back on..then you know for sure.

Don't guess on differentail bearing loads ..I have seen too many in the dumpster b/c of foolish nut tightening w/o regards to load.

An added Note **

There is also a procedure where you wind a string on the pinion and pull the string with a scale [ like a light fish scale] ..that tells you the required force to rotate the shaft and you then just duplicate it when you re-assemble.
That trick is actually in the Benz Book for vintage cars , but most likely from when wrenches were not so available to the adverage Joe...get a in/lb wrench capable of low reading and do it right ..........
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Last edited by Arthur Dalton; 09-23-2008 at 12:16 PM.
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