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Subject:Re: Manual Steering: How to Torque Inner Tie Rod End? (searched)
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:23:29 -0400

At 12:25 PM 4/16/2011, neil n wrote:
>How does one torque the big inner "nut" to rack? I imagine most go by feel.

Bentley shows it being done with an open-end wrench, at the same time
they say "...torque to 51 lb-ft."  But what you need is an open-end
crowfoot wrench which you attach to your torque wrench and then apply
a formula to correct the torque.

Calculator is here:
http://www.engineersedge.com/manufacturing_spec/torque_wrench_1.htm

Yrs,
d