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  • 12-07-2020
    danielplace

    Re: What is this symbol?

    90° and a RCH.
  • 12-03-2020
    William McCormick

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by ronsii View Post
    And when a hair is a bit much you use a different type of hair


    I could never figure out how to use one. And if you split one you have to make Hosinfeffer out of it or else it is a sin to kill it.


    Sincerely,

    William McCormick
  • 12-03-2020
    William McCormick

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by ronsii View Post
    Yep, just be careful if you put a crowsfoot with an extension on it

    Hey, wait a minute, I resemble that remark, haha.

    Sincerely,

    William McCormick
  • 12-03-2020
    tapwelder

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Hey, son I just made the bolt head disappear ....

    You've used that joke before, dad, it's in the socket, I'll get the hammer,chisel and tig welder.
  • 12-03-2020
    MinnesotaDave

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord5 View Post
    My favorite torque setting: go till it cracks, then back a 1/4 turn.
    Quote Originally Posted by Capt B View Post
    That reminds me of something a mechanic I use to work with would always say. "cross thread is better than a lock washer any day"
    Tighten until it gets loose....back off 1/4 turn...
  • 12-02-2020
    Capt B

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord5 View Post
    My favorite torque setting: go till it cracks, then back a 1/4 turn.
    That reminds me of something a mechanic I use to work with would always say. "cross thread is better than a lock washer any day"
  • 12-02-2020
    Fnord5

    Re: What is this symbol?

    My favorite torque setting: go till it cracks, then back a 1/4 turn.
  • 11-25-2020
    whtbaron

    Re: What is this symbol?

    We could differentiate between the blonde ones and the black ones, but that would be splitting hairs...
  • 11-23-2020
    ronsii

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Welder Dave View Post
    The torque turn method. If a pinch of salt is acceptable for a Michelin Star chef surely a tad, smidge or .... hair should acceptable for a mechanic.
    And when a hair is a bit much you use a different type of hair

  • 11-23-2020
    Welder Dave

    Re: What is this symbol?

    The torque turn method. If a pinch of salt is acceptable for a Michelin Star chef surely a tad, smidge or .... hair should acceptable for a mechanic.
  • 11-23-2020
    MinnesotaDave

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by ronsii View Post
    Yep, just be careful if you put a crowsfoot with an extension on it
    Quote Originally Posted by bigb View Post
    eyeball it?? on a Mercedes??? Good God man what are you smoking?? Even the plastic air box has a torque spec!
    Quote Originally Posted by ronsii View Post
    ....and a 'tad'
    Quote Originally Posted by tapwelder View Post
    A tad plus another tad. Or just a smidge.
    You guys crack me up
  • 11-23-2020
    tapwelder

    Re: What is this symbol?

    A tad plus another tad. Or just a smidge.
  • 11-23-2020
    ronsii

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by bigb View Post
    Actually when I thought about it I think it is just a fancy way to say "5NM plus a quarter turn"
    ....and a 'tad'
  • 11-23-2020
    bigb

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Actually when I thought about it I think it is just a fancy way to say "5NM plus a quarter turn"
  • 11-22-2020
    bigb

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Capt B View Post
    That would work. With 95 degrees you could probably even just eyeball it.

    eyeball it?? on a Mercedes??? Good God man what are you smoking?? Even the plastic air box has a torque spec!
  • 11-22-2020
    ronsii

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Capt B View Post
    That would work. With 95 degrees you could probably even just eyeball it.
    Yep, just be careful if you put a crowsfoot with an extension on it
  • 11-22-2020
    Capt B

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by bigb View Post
    OK I get it. I just looked at angle gauges and they all get really bad reviews, I think I will just use my old camshaft degree wheel and call it good
    That would work. With 95 degrees you could probably even just eyeball it.
  • 11-22-2020
    bigb

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by Capt B View Post
    Pretty sure it's 95 degrees. Like you would torque a stretch bolt with a torque angle guage.
    OK I get it. I just looked at angle gauges and they all get really bad reviews, I think I will just use my old camshaft degree wheel and call it good
  • 11-22-2020
    ronsii

    Re: What is this symbol?

    And probably with new sealing washers... although it doesn't say it... unless they are bonded washers???
  • 11-22-2020
    Capt B

    Re: What is this symbol?

    Quote Originally Posted by bigb View Post
    It's a torque spec and I understand they are saying 2 stages but the first stage says 5nm and the second says 95 with this symbol (where the blue arrow is pointing), anyone know what it means?
    Pretty sure it's 95 degrees. Like you would torque a stretch bolt with a torque angle guage.
  • 11-22-2020
    bigb

    What is this symbol?

    It's a torque spec and I understand they are saying 2 stages but the first stage says 5nm and the second says 95 with this symbol (where the blue arrow is pointing), anyone know what it means?

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