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Originally Posted by rino
OK, I just tried the whole thing again (I had done it both ways some time ago).
The resistance from the wheels is the same with both in and out of gear, and this on both sides, with the right wheel perhaps being just a tiny bit (irrelevantly so, IMO) easier to rotate than the left, when compared to it in both 1st gear and neutral. The rear tires simply do NOT spin freely (the front ones do...)
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The front ones only have to fight resistance of the slight drag from the brake pads and the seals, plus their weight.
Rear, add the weight of the shafts, drive shaft, etc. Same thing on a FWD car. The rear wheels will free spin easily while the fronts does not.
The beam/pointer torque wrench is non ratcheting and has a pointer that moves and "points" to the correct torque setting. They are not as accurate as the ratcheting type.
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04-04-2007, 02:41 PM
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