Wide 5 Conversion FINISHED! Thanks!

"Even though project did take a little longer than planned."

 

Yeah......They ALL seem that way after a while.......

Looks great!  As it should be..

Nice job. Did you torque those rear axle nuts to 215 ft/lbs?

Car looks great.

You're hooked now. There is no turning back.

Ted

Thanks Ted

 

Yes, thankfully I had a torque meister tool that made that a little easier. 

Greg...

That looks SUPER! Love the wheels, Castrol sticker, black plates and frame...you did it right. 

 

Enjoy!

 

Anand

 

Really nice ride!  Looks great with the caps off.  Good color choice, silver always goes good with Porsche.

Looks great Greg! 

What he said.

Love the look of the wide5 and red Pegasus.  

 

I see see you painted the whippers to.

 

great job.

luis

Quick question,  is the torque meister tool you used the one sold by Cip1?

 

if so, what torque did you actually end using... They say 30ft/lbs with the tool = actual 270ft/lbs

 

My back of the envelope #'s, I'm guessing about ~22-23ft/lbs to get to the actual 215ft/lbs of recommended torque?

 

im asking because when I did my car last year, a local retired Vw mechanic brought over his tools  and know-how and guided me through it... I didn't take notes, and now I'm trying to jolt my memory... And Buy the tool so I have if for future maintenance.

 

attached is a pic of the cip1 tool I am thinking you may have used.

 

many thanks...

Luis

 

 

Using a 3' piece of pipe works.......

Love wide 5's.  Nicely done.  Classic car colors.

It's cheap, easy to store (stands up in a corner of the garage), if you lose it it doesn't take long to find another one, and you don't have to be jumping up and down on it (and just about knocking the car off the jack stands) to get the axle nuts tight enough.  

And if you're really cool, you'll just mark it off every inch along the length of the pipe when slid over your breaker bar, so you'll know where to stand on it (for your weight that moment) to get the torque setting right where you want it.  I think mine is a 5 footer, though, for getting those damn hub nuts off when they've been on there way too long....  No hammer, no impact wrench, no pain and no strain.  Put that bad boy on there and gently loosen things right up.

 

I use a piece of galvanized 1-1/2" pipe, cuz rusted pipes don't look cool in my pretty, finished garage.....

Hi Luis, 

 

Thats the same tool that I purchased from SoCal Imports.

 

I set my torque wrench to 24 ft/lbs = 225 ft/lbs it was a little over the recommended 217.. 

 

Its a great tool, pretty amazing just how little force you need. I couldn't believe how easy it was to remove the axle nut. 

 

I have a 3/4" drive 36mm socket and breaker bar (close to 2ft long); when I was 150-160lbs I put most of my weight on the bar to tighten and I was always in the ballpark, and the pipe was to loosen the stubborn ones. Now that I've gained 30lbs I guess I don't really need the pipe any more. 

......and be cautious, should something slip you will be propelled at a high rate of velocity to the far end of the garage...ask me how I know this !

So you're saying the 5' long bar I have it too much?  

Harbor Freight sells a 3/4" torque wrench with a range of from 5- to 300Ft Lbs.

I paid $79.00 for mine and they are regularly 129.00. Perfect for torquing that rear 36mm axle nut to 220 ft lbs.

 

It's their item # 808.

Bulk up, Merklin! - then you won't fly as far!

 

And a 5' bar is just fine.....

It's, Mr. Merklin to youz !

That's DR. Merklin, the speedster surgeon...

 

The range on that Torque wrench should have been written as 50-300 ft lbs  (Not 5-300)

 

 

Yep! BF Torque wrench works!

 

~WB