Hello! Just got the Motordyne Plenum spacer, but I am having a hard time finding a Inch-Lb torque wrench for installation. Autozone only carries the ft-lb. Does anyone have one for me to borrow? I'll pay you $15? If not, can someone recommend me a place in the bay area to rent one? Thanks!

P.S. I'm in San Jose!

 

By the way I'm in San Jose, thanks!

 

60 in-lbs = 5 ft-lbs
90 in-lbs = 7.5 ft-lbs

I think 60 and 90 are the numbers for the motordyne kit

 

I borrowed mine from a local autozone for free..

 

Go to Sears....buy one and return it = ghetto
But it gets the work done ! !

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2696

 

lol who uses inch pounds, its like saying san francisco is 498,432 feet from my house

 

Has anyone tried the dividing by 12 using a ft-lb wrench? Thanks for everyone's help.

 

Did you NOT see my first post? Thats exactly what you do.

 

but most ft-lb torque wrenches only go down to 10 ft-lbs, so you may still be SOL-

just do the sears thing, thats what i did-

 

I did, but I wanted to know if anyone has tried it? I wanted to hear if anyone had an experience whether it was inaccurate, etc. Thanks Mcowger!

 

+1 on harbor freight it will cost about 20 dollars and is a good tool to own anyways

 

If you want a precision tool, why on earth would you buy from Harbor Freight? You don't buy precision stuff from Harbor Freight, just stuff like cherry pickers, soldering irons, butane torches, etc.

If you want to buy and keep the tool, get a good one and keep it for life. Or you can always do the Sears buy and return deal.

 

 

i just used a hand tool.. not a wrench but a straight one. cant think of the name of it but ya in the instructions it says if you aint got a torque wrench then just do it with this by hand because you wont over tighten it.

 

I have an inch-lb TQ wrench but I don't let my tools out of my site (long story, been burned a few times).

All is not lost though, I live in SJ as well, if you want, I can come over, with my wrench and help out. I have done a few of these spacer installs at this point and may be of some help. I can also bring my Ft-lb wrench for the strut bar if need be and whatever sockets you don't have, if any.

During the week works best for me, and depending on where you live, it may be easier if I come directly from work. I normally get off around 4~5 in Palo Alto and can get to anywhere in SJ in about 45min at most. The whole operation should take under and hour for just a spacer, more if the control valve, copper heat plate or lower iso thremo gasket are involved.

Let me know.

Chris

 

Nothing wrong with harbor freight tools they are cheap and decent. I just bought a clicker torque wrench today to use for my wheels. I got it for $15 and craftsman has it for $80.

 

Right, but you honestly don't need precision when you torque down lug nuts. You can do it by feel and it will be fine.