Rear Wheel Bearing Assy

[Mattyj]

£30? Thats pretty dam cheap

[Olifran]

Yeh, most coming in around 1 1/2 hours labour mark. Mainly between £50 to £80. No one got back to me yet as I want it doing in the am tomorrow. Toying with buying the spline bits and breaker bar and doing it myself.

[andyr]

Wrong google it

I did...
Only time an extension bar changes the torque setting is if a 'crows foot' extension is used.... Which is an extension between the bolt/nut being tightened and the end of the torque wrench.
And yes £30 is pretty damn cheap, not worth getting the axle stands out 

[Mattyj]

Well i studied engineering thats we got told

[Mattyj]

Here is a typical problem:
You have an adapter 42" long and you want to acheive a torque at the nut of 256 lbs.ft.
Your torqye wrench is 18" long.
So, using the above letters:

A = length of torque wrench = 18
B = length of adapter = 42
C = torque wrench setting = ?
D = desired torque at end of extension = 256
 
 
 

So, with your 42" extension on your 18" torque wrench, to acheive 256 lb.ft at the nut you need to set your torque wrench to 76.8 lbs.

[Olifran]

Can someone just confirm it's 180NM plus another 180 deg for the 18mm bolt.

[ttdan]

Wrong google it

I did...
Only time an extension bar changes the torque setting is if a 'crows foot' extension is used.... Which is an extension between the bolt/nut being tightened and the end of the torque wrench.
And yes £30 is pretty damn cheap, not worth getting the axle stands out 

Or a torque multiplier. Adding a bar wont add torque to a torque wrench, it will still go click were where you set it to. My point was that you will need the bar/pole to get the nut the extra 180, any torque wrench will reach its max possible torque with its own length of handle anyway. Yes 180nm, see below for mk5

http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/golf-mk5/running_gear_axles_steering/rear_suspension_drive_shaft/assembly_overview_wheel_bearing_housing_trailing_arm_(front-wheel_drive)/removing_and_installing_wheel_bearing/wheel_hub_unit/

[Mattyj]

Wrong google it

I did...
Only time an extension bar changes the torque setting is if a 'crows foot' extension is used.... Which is an extension between the bolt/nut being tightened and the end of the torque wrench.
And yes £30 is pretty damn cheap, not worth getting the axle stands out 
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Or a torque multiplier. Adding a bar wont add torque to a torque wrench, it will still go click were where you set it to. My point was that you will need the bar/pole to get the nut the extra 180, any torque wrench will reach its max possible torque with its own length of handle anyway. Yes 180nm, see below for mk5

http://workshop-manuals.com/volkswagen/golf-mk5/running_gear_axles_steering/rear_suspension_drive_shaft/assembly_overview_wheel_bearing_housing_trailing_arm_(front-wheel_drive)/removing_and_installing_wheel_bearing/wheel_hub_unit/

Its no different to adding a pole to a spanner the torque wrench is designed to supply the torque set at that length i.e the length of the torque wrench end of

[andyr]

Here is a typical problem:
You have an adapter 42" long and you want to acheive a torque at the nut of 256 lbs.ft.
Your torqye wrench is 18" long.
So, using the above letters:

A = length of torque wrench = 18
B = length of adapter = 42
C = torque wrench setting = ?
D = desired torque at end of extension = 256
 
 
 

So, with your 42" extension on your 18" torque wrench, to acheive 256 lb.ft at the nut you need to set your torque wrench to 76.8 lbs.

I think in this equation the extension is *between* the nut and the torque wrench.

[ttdan]

Here is a typical problem:
You have an adapter 42" long and you want to acheive a torque at the nut of 256 lbs.ft.
Your torqye wrench is 18" long.
So, using the above letters:

A = length of torque wrench = 18
B = length of adapter = 42
C = torque wrench setting = ?
D = desired torque at end of extension = 256
 
 
 

So, with your 42" extension on your 18" torque wrench, to acheive 256 lb.ft at the nut you need to set your torque wrench to 76.8 lbs.

I think in this equation the extension is *between* the nut and the torque wrench.

Yep. Else you would have to change the setting if you held a torque wrench half way down the handle..