Does it make a difference?

I think the OE spec is 65 ft-lbs. (somebody correct me)





My click-type torque wrench is in another city right now. I'm considering buying the cheap manual-type one from Sears (on sale for $20). It only goes up to 75ft-lbs.

Accuracy? Better than nothing?

 

OE specs for any suby (except the baja i think) is 75 ft-lbs

oh, and make sure that torque wrench is not in in-lbs (instead of ft-lbs) because I saw one there like that and almost was fooled.

 

IIRC it says 75 ft-lbs. in the car manual.

in-lbs. eh?

so 12 in-lbs. = 1 ft-lb.

 

So I went out and bought one of those little trolly jacks from Sears this evening. (I got tired of using the OEM jack)

Anyone have experience with these things? I'm a newbie for sure when it comes to this... It's too dark now to change my wheels but I jacked the front end up for the fun of it.

It might be me, but the little trolly jack feels like it's uhh... unstable... like it wants to shift around underneath the car as I'm jacking it up the last few inches.

I guess you want to have your jack stands handy so you can just toss 'em under real fast, huh?

 

first jack up on flat ground. if you are on the street by the gutter, the crowning built into the street leans can cause that shifting.

also, dont forget to chock the opposing corner wheel with a block of wood or something.

when jacking the rear diff up, place somethjing in the cradle, something soft like a folded up towel or something.

i also loosen the lug nuts before jacking up (or it is off... )so once the tire is up in the air, just hand loosen the nuts so you do further shift the entire vehicle...