I screwed up!!!!!!!!!

[Bear45-70]

I just use loctite. I don't own a torque wrench. Seems to hold well.

The torques spec is to put a certain amount of pressure on the item being held. Loctite does not do anything but hold the bolt or nut in place. The pressure is especially important when holding a flywheel to a taper. The key is to align the crank and the flywheel. the pressure holds the two together. The there are splines, you need to hold them together and in place or the splines will wear and fail.

Get one of these;

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarte ... -2696.html

and one of these and you will be covered.

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth ... h-807.html

And remember, don't use the top or bottom 10% of the torque value on the wrench, you won't get an accurate torque.

Sorry, my aviation mechanic training kicked in.

Thanks for the link Bear, I might have to replace my crappy 3/8" Craftsman wrench. I have a Snap-on 1/4" 0-150 inlb that couldn't be calibrated for work on aircraft, got that free, they were tossing it away.

I also worked aviation early in my career. You had to check out torque wrenches from the tool room though, at least at Beechcraft Experimental Division in Wichita, Kansas we did.