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Date:  9-25-2016
Number of Hours:  11.50
Manual Reference:  11-19,29-35,40-42
Brief Description:  Torque Gland Nut

Assebly of external engine components, manual pages 29-35 and 40-42 while waiting on back-ordered head assemblies to ship.

Body weight torque technique, method modified from Wilson "How to rebuild your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine". Rather than pushing down, the AeorVee was bolted to a wood frame, two anti-torque plates held the motor in place.

A 1/2" breaker bar with motorcycle fork tube cheater used as the lever. Desired torque in the neighborhood of 300 ft-lbs (315 ft-lbs, Wilson, pg126); 315/200 = 1.575 * 12 = 18.9 = 19 inch lever arm marked on fork tube. Alignment mark on breaker/fork. Pulled up body weight. Discernible movement of the gland nut, movement between marks on nut and flywheel.
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Body weight gland nut torque

Body weight gland nut torque

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Gland nut torque marks

Gland nut torque marks

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200->300 ft-lbs

200->300 ft-lbs

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