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Two sure signs your last mechanic didn't have a torque wrench

[Deleted User] · 2013-07-31 09:31:36

:mad: Hydraulic jack.JPG Car Jack.JPG If you can't get a blowtorch, or an impact, or an angle grinder, or enough leverage in there, get a jack. Or get a torque wrench and copper anti-cease and think of the future.

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31-07-2013 10:31am

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If you can't get a blowtorch, or an impact, or an angle grinder, or enough leverage in there, get a jack.

Or get a torque wrench and copper anti-cease and think of the future.

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#2 31-07-2013 11:48am
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There's always a way around everything

What is the bolt/nut on?

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#3 31-07-2013 2:26pm
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Job's a good 'un.

10 bolts, engine mounts and sub-frame cross-member. Couldn't turn a ratchet in there they were wound up so tight. Took 12 hours to re-fit the mounts. have a close look at the play on the ratchet in the car jack photo and you'll understand why. Some of them I could have got to with an impact but my compressor's too feeble for that craic.

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