I need one to torque the front axel nut to 263 ft lbs. I only find wrenches that go to 250.

 

here http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00944597000P

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEIKO-PRO-3-4-50...d=p3286.c0.m14

 

sorry. I typed in 250 for someone reason... I came up with the same 1 you found http://www.toolplanet.com/product/Ne...2&cvsfp=400564

 

Neiko any good?

 

Don't know... and that's a lot of wrench for only the front axle nut. If it were me I'd just get a 250lb wrench and when it hits 250 I'd stop. You'll notice many of these torque wrenches are accurate to +/- 3 or 4 percent.
I've got a high dollar Snap-on digital that's supposedly less than 1%.

 

Only problem with getting a torque wrench that goes up to 250 is that a torque wrench is always less acurrate at the top and bottom of its range.

 

What sshould I do? How are people tightening these nuts on the axle?

 

Below is a link and a sample conversion I found to help you.

Torque wrench extensions

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.


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.

 

How do you know how far to put the extension onto the torque wrench?, do you slide it all the way up to the head, or a like a few inches on the handle? Just wondering as it would seem more appropriate to equate based on how long the TW is w/ the extension on since how far the extension gets stuck on the TW could variate a lot.

 

just my opinion.. I would torque it to the 250 mark ( mabe a little over to line up the hole for the carter pin) & let it ride.. It should be close enough

 

Go to the link to see more illustrations on how it is done.

 

If a wrench was off 4% at 250 ft lbs if it would be off 10 lbs. I'm leaning to a Kobalt 250 ft lbs tq to take care of most of my stuff I should be torquing and I am going to borrow a big monster one that goes to like 500 ft lbs that a guy I work with has. It's been recently calibrated. Too bad the lowers are on back order. What's that tell you?

 

What lowers? Lower ball joints? Which brand are you referring?

 

XRF lower ball joints. I bought the uppers but lowers are on back order and I just can't afford Carli joints.