How the last guy tightened it - GIF

[Jon]

[Elizabeth Greene]

I can't be the only one that wants to know where I can get that breaker bar. That's stout!

[old kodger]

have they never heard of a torque multiplier?

[Tooler2]

I have bent pipe wrenches that way.

[Unkle Fuzzy]

I have an old Mustang Skid Steer. The motor drive sprockets torque to 800-850 ft lbs. The service manual has a table that references Body weight and cheater bar length to achieve that torque.

It sounds laughable but I bought it cheap because it wouldn't pull on one side. That nut on the drive motor backed off and sheared the key in the sprocket. After I made a new tapered center to weld into the sprocket, I made damn sure I got it to the specified torque.

[Frank S]

I have an old Mustang Skid Steer. The motor drive sprockets torque to 800-850 ft lbs. The service manual has a table that references Body weight and cheater bar length to achieve that torque.

It sounds laughable but I bought it cheap because it wouldn't pull on one side. That nut on the drive motor backed off and sheared the key in the sprocket. After I made a new tapered center to weld into the sprocket, I made damn sure I got it to the specified torque.

I built a drawworks for an oil drilling rig that had 54" diameter disk brakes the hydraulic calipers had 5 2' bolts to hold them together the instruction sheet said heat the 20" long bolts to 400°f then use a 10 foot long pipe with 2 men bouncing their weight on it We had an 1 1/2" drive hydraulic impact to pre tighten them

[NortonDommi]

Impact wrenches and torque multipliers are good things.