Dat Ole Damper bolt

[apowell@ezlink.com]

About replacing the timing belt in an I-5, Hizzoner Phil Payne notes:

The major problem for most people is the torque - 332 lb ft at the 
bolt.

True.  But remember that although generating 332 lbs/ft with a 
ONE-foot wrench requires 332 pounds of oomph...you can slide a 4-
foot pipe over a 1/2" "breaker bar" handle and the push required at 
the end of the FOUR-foot pipe is only 83 pounds.  BTDT with pipe 
and calibrated shoulder, nothing fell off afterwards, and I don't think 
10 or 20 lbs/ft one way or another (when you're at those kind of 
numbers) makes a whole lot of difference.

YMMV.  (Lessee....where's my beer...0
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1958 Fiat 1200 Spyder "Transformabile"
1983 Datsun 280ZXT
1990 Audi 200
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