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Torques wrench question?

I have to take off my transmission oil pan and I also have to put it back. The torque spec of the bolts that hold the tranny oil pan is 65 inch-pound not foot-pounds. The problem is I couldn't find a torque wrench that has an inch-pound feature, only foot-pounds is available. Im thinking about converting 65 inch-pound into foot pound and this is what i came up with: 65 inch = 5.4166667 feet Is 65 inch-pound similar to 5.4166667 or 6 foot pounds? I'm not really good in math, please help. I mean torque wrench.

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  1. I don't know if that is right or not but you could borrow my inch pound wrench they are around
  2. dont know of anyone that torques a trans pan tho. just use a 1/4 inch drive and you have it, the 65 lbs is to stop you from breaking off the bolts.
  3. I have always just tightened with a wrench just enough to see the gasket starting to compress, don’t over tighten but 6lbs sound pretty good. A torque wrench is used to just get all the bolts or nuts tightened evenly.
  4. Hand tighten with a nutdriver and you will be fine.
  5. try this site. http://forum.onlineconversion.com/showthread.php?t=4318
  6. Your answer is correct (you divide by 12) The problem is, you may have a difficult time locating a foot pound torque wrench that goes that low, most start at 20 ft. lbs. Go to your local AutoZone or Advance and borrow one (inch pound). Most of the other answers are correct however, if you hand tighten with a 1/4" ratchet or a small handled wrench and watch the gasket, you shouldn't overtighten.
  7. Math is correct. Also, the torque value does not have to be exact. The torque value across all the oil pan bolts must be same, and is not too much (this can snap the oil pan bolt) but enough to crush the gasket. That puts you around 6 - 12 ft/lb range. I ran into the same problem when working on a car that has aluminum oil pan. Over torquing means I am going to snap the mounting bolt. I had to mail order the torque wrench because I was not able to find one in local automotive stores.
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