Long story short, I'm about to change out the right side (if you're sitting in the car) rack end on my P/S gearbox...



Illustration No. 1 is the part I'm changing. Now here's where I'm stuck at...The Helm's manual calls for this part to be tightened to 40 ft-lbs. But the problem is that I can't tighten it using a socket cuz it won't fit right on it. I can use adjustable wrenches to tighten it, but not to torque it to specs.

So my question is what tool(s) would I need to tighten it to 40 ft-lbs. correctly? I'd use a torque wrench (duh) but like I said, I can't get any sockets to fit onto the rack end. TIA!

 

Bump!

 

The tool you need is called a crowsfoot, avail. at Sears, will fit the torquewrench.

 

Correct, a crowsfoot is what you need. It will allow you to attach a "wrench-like" end to an extension coming from the torquewrench. There is a torque correction factor when using a crowsfoot that you must consider, otherwise you will get incorrect torque.

 

Thanks guys! I'll look into it!

 

Don't forget to use a new lock washer.

 

im too lazy for most torquing procedures unless it is engine internal so i just guess on everything else on the car.

 

You can't buy the right size at sears though, they stop at 18 and you need a 19, well at least on the outer tide rod, the inner might actually be a 17.