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    What you've accomplished, Rick, is a torque wrench extender. I had to make one a few decades ago, so I could torque the nut on a VW drive shaft to 300# with my 150# torque wrench. I made a simple extension, which doubled the length of the torque wrench. So, I achieved the 300# when the scale on the wrench read 150#.

    The formula for figuring out applied torque by adding additional lengths of adapters is found here:

    Last edited by Gadgeteer; Oct 8, 2020 at 11:51 PM.

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