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Today I spent 5.25 hours fabricating a socket on a cnc mill so I could torque the axle nuts on the Healey.
I have completed the right side at 150 ft.lbs. The tool worked great. When the wrench made it's click the nut had rotated about 5/16 ". My question is that since the left axle nut is a left thread will my wrench function in the counter rotation? After I tourqued the lug nuts at 80 lbs I adjusted the wrench seting down to 40 lbs to see if it would click when I loosened the nuts.. no click . I do however have a feel for what 150 lbs felt like (really tight)and can probably come fairly close to duplicating the process if the wrench won't function left. Anyone else have any thoughts or advise? One more question, can I get by without the paper axle gaskets and just use silicone? The paper gaskets were junk.. Thanks Bob
 
Hi Bob, I would advise against not using the paper gaskets. You can easily make a set using the hub as a pattern. Seems like your wrench will work in Either direction mine does.--Fwiw-Keoke
 
Thanks Keoke, Can I buy sheets of gasket paper to make them ?
Seems I remember guys using cereal boxes when I was a kid..
I guess with what I've spent so far on this restoration a couple pieces of gasket material won't make much difference.
Besides I already saved $8 an hour making my socket! Thanks Bob
 
NAPA sells gasket paper in different types by the foot. There are also inexpensive gasket punch sets available. Maybe not good for a production shop, but ok for occasional use.
 
Click-type torque wrenches are calibrated for clockwise tightening. It may not be quite as accurate tightening a fastener counter-clockwise, but I too do it all the time.

If you have the beam/pointer type (cheapest and most consistantly accurate type torque wrench ever made) it works equally well in either direction.

One job I had about seven (7) years ago was in a metrology lab, and calibrating torque wrenches was just one of the many services we offered.

I agree about the gasket paper; use it.
 
BlueRidge2 said:
Thanks Keoke, Can I buy sheets of gasket paper to make them ?
Seems I remember guys using cereal boxes when I was a kid..
I guess with what I've spent so far on this restoration a couple pieces of gasket material won't make much difference.
Besides I already saved $8 an hour making my socket! Thanks Bob
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Sure. Pep Boys, Auto Zone, Kragens all got it. Get 1/16" paper and a bit of Yellow 3M trim adhesive too. When you get back home cut a piece of gasket paper about 1" larger than the hub. Now put the trim adhesive on the hub lightly and glue the paper in place. Let it set just a bit and then take a "Small" Ball Peen hammer and tap lightly all around the outside edge of the hub. Next using the ball end tap out the bolt holes and around the bearing recess. That's one of em do it again and you got TWO!!!--Keoke- /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 
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