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<x-charset windows-1255> > I calculated the torque required to break it loose. 5ft bar with my 250 > lbs on the end. I think that comes out to about 1250 ft lbs. > There is going to be some "inertia" friction involved, but that would be > close. This is somewhat similar to my experience removing one of the wheels from my car for the first time. It really felt like the wrench was going to break. The wheel nuts were unbelievably tight; they must have been done up with an air wrench. According to the books, the standard torque for wheel nuts is 72 lb ft. I tried this with a torque wrench, to see what it felt like, and I could easily do it with one hand. Seems that jumping up and down on the wrench like some people do is unnecessary. Daniel Baum 1969 Type 34 automatic http://www.type34.info ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>