sure the 1.6 diesel golf engine was the first to have torque settings. before that you just tightened in stages until it felt tight.
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sure the 1.6 diesel golf engine was the first to have torque settings. before that you just tightened in stages until it felt tight.
did someone pay you to put that??????????Quote:
Originally Posted by alan b
as long as there have been engines, there have been torque figures.
i no loads of old engine builders who remember when they started using torque settings.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
I think that is more to do with not having the information or a torque wrench available to them.
my dad was working on lorries & tractors in the fifties & they were torqueing them up properly then.
back in the fifties, cars had their heads off once a year for a de-coke, so they probably could get away with a blind guess on the bolts.
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Originally Posted by mowgli
more to the point people were used to tinkering with cars so had a better feel for what was right... Unlike today where folks simply have no idea when a bolt is the right torque by feel.
I like to think I have a fairly well calibrated elbow for most jobs :)
stuart. modern composite gasket designs call for accurate torque figures, as do modern head designs...
but an old iron head with a copper & asbestos gasket is a bit less delicate.
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Originally Posted by mowgli
lots still have squidgy cardboard ones to let the monkeys (oops mechanics, oops Fitters, oops spastics) fit them without cocking it up too much.