Posted by Weirddeere on August 29, 2016 at 01:44:09 from (199.87.176.50):
Just thought this would be entertaining for you guys. Working on a Deere 80. Had the rear axle housing off, and the bolts that hold it are torqued to 275 ft/lbs. You can't get a socket on them, it's a tight area for all of them. The only way is a torque adapter. I didn't know where I'd get one that big (3/4 inch drive the fit a 1 1/8 inch bolt head) at least without breaking the bank. I made one out of a cheap wrench and a nut welded to it and got the bend out of the box end. That worked but was a bit sloppy so I welded a cheap 3/4 drive socket to it.
Room was a bit tight as well, since the rear wheels are on, as well as the fenders. I could have removed the fenders but I didn't really need to. Wanted to a couple times but I worked around.
Overall it worked very well, I was careful to have the extension at 90 to get proper torque, or to do the formulas to get proper torque when straight out.
The worst ones to get were on the bottom. No real way to get the four foot torque wrench in there between the wheels and the floor. So I used extensions to get it out from between the wheels. I rested the whole thing on a floor jack to make it not so unwieldy.
It was all a bit of a pain but it's nice to know it's been done right. Or at least a lot closer then I'd get otherwise.
I did retorque all the top bolts after I got them all snug. Most needed it!
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