i know a lot of you just go for the "german torque" here (guten-tite), but i wanted to try to torque them. here's what i came up with.
i got a set of offset box-end wrenches (cheap, from harbor freight). i took the 9/16 and cut a gap in it so it would slide around the bearing, then i could put it down on the jam nut. but before i did, i drilled a hole in the handle, 5 inches from the center of the box. i also picked up a couple of fish scales from academy -- one is 0 to 20 pounds, the other 0-50 pounds. with the jam nut finger tight, i put the wrench on it, hooked the fish scale (spring balance) into the hole, and pulled until the balance read 35 pounds. i figure that's 175 inch-pounds. [i sure hope that's the correct torque for those buggers -- the thread is 3/8" diameter, and that's what the torque guide in chapter 5 says for 3/8 -- 160 to 190.] so, it might not be as accurate as a real torque wrench, but i figure it's alot closer than wingin' it.
the offset on the box-end was about an inch or so -- not enough to clear the rolled edge (i was doing elevators), but enough to clear the skin as it sticks out past the spar.
i got a set of offset box-end wrenches (cheap, from harbor freight). i took the 9/16 and cut a gap in it so it would slide around the bearing, then i could put it down on the jam nut. but before i did, i drilled a hole in the handle, 5 inches from the center of the box. i also picked up a couple of fish scales from academy -- one is 0 to 20 pounds, the other 0-50 pounds. with the jam nut finger tight, i put the wrench on it, hooked the fish scale (spring balance) into the hole, and pulled until the balance read 35 pounds. i figure that's 175 inch-pounds. [i sure hope that's the correct torque for those buggers -- the thread is 3/8" diameter, and that's what the torque guide in chapter 5 says for 3/8 -- 160 to 190.] so, it might not be as accurate as a real torque wrench, but i figure it's alot closer than wingin' it.
the offset on the box-end was about an inch or so -- not enough to clear the rolled edge (i was doing elevators), but enough to clear the skin as it sticks out past the spar.