Torque wrench support

[Larry B]

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and is enjoying the new year.  Built this a few days ago when I had to retorque rear wheels. Built from scrap steel at shop. I use to use a axle jack stand balanced on top of an 8X8 wooden block to support one end of wrench when tightening nuts. Sort of wobbley and never seemed to be right height. This item almost makes tightening wheels enjoyable. Stable and easy to adjust for different height nuts.
           Larry B

[oltrunt]

Nice tool.  Sure beats using the floor jack like I did.  What kind of torque do your lugs require?  Mine want 350 ft lbs and even jumping up and down on a cheater made of a drive shaft, they were hard to break.  Are you using a torque multiplying wrench?  If so where from--all I can find is China Freight--and that scares me to death.  Jack

[Barn Owl]

Larry, if you send me one to test I will give you an honest and good review on Amazon, I promise.

Jack, my brother is an owner operator and uses one of these and he loves it. Be careful though, he has broken studs with one.

Ebay link:New Torque Multiplier Set Wrench Lug Nut Lugnuts Remover Labor Saving Heavy Duty

[ros]

Hey, Larry, that is one fine idea that you had.  I think that I will build one with holes for pins in the side to adjust for varying height.  Kudos to you.

Ros

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and is enjoying the new year.  Built this a few days ago when I had to retorque rear wheels. Built from scrap steel at shop. I use to use a axle jack stand balanced on top of an 8X8 wooden block to support one end of wrench when tightening nuts. Sort of wobbley and never seemed to be right height. This item almost makes tightening wheels enjoyable. Stable and easy to adjust for different height nuts.
           Larry B

[B_K]

Hey, Larry, that is one fine idea that you had.  I think that I will build one with holes for pins in the side to adjust for varying height.  Kudos to you.

Ros

Ros if you look closely at both pictures you'll see Larry's already has holes to adjust the height!
  BK 

[ros]

Yes, you are quite right, BK.  I had not seen those.  He has thought it through very carefully.


I like folks that do that and don't skimp or not thinking things through.
Thank you, for pointing this out.


Ros

Ros if you look closely at both pictures you'll see Larry's already has holes to adjust the height!
  BK 

[Tony LEE]

My MC8 had a stand like that in with the jack, box spanner and extension bars when I bought it.

Without that stand, it wouldn't be possible to undo nuts that were torqued up to specifications and then left for a few years.

[bevans6]

I like that a lot, it's on my to-do list.  I've been using my truck jack, but it weighs 150 lbs and the wheels don't roll so good anymore.  That almost seems like the right tool for the job!   

Brian

[lostagain]

A few years ago, I took a piece of 3/4" plywood about 3 feet high by 1 foot wide and drilled holes in it big enough to pass the socket extension through. I stand it on the floor, and there is always a hole even height with the lug nut I need to be on. Simple, and has worked well for me.

JC

[oltrunt]

Larry, thanks for the info.  I'm sure that tool would take the lugs off but when it comes to tightening I'd want some way to know how tight things were getting--stopping at specs rather than risking breaking a stud.  Jack

[dickegler]

Heck, I just use an adjustable  jack stand.

Dick

[brmax]

Larry
Perfect,
does the job and with grade 8-10 what more is there.
a winning lotto ticket!
Thanks

[Larry B]

    The wrench you see in picture is a 600# torque wrench and mine are tightened to 450 ft-lb. For those that might be interested in building one,  each piece of pipe is 14 1/2" long. --  1 1/2" schedule 20 pipe outside and 1 1/4" inside--- 1 1/2" hole spacing and same at 90 degrees giving 3/4" height adjustment with small piece of angle iron on top to rest wrench on.   I use to pack around two 8X8 blocks and a jack stand in case of a flat on road. Jack stand by itself would not reach top nut. This thing works better and going to take a lot less storage space. Glad you like
           Larry B

[Lee Bradley]

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and is enjoying the new year.  Built this a few days ago when I had to retorque rear wheels. Built from scrap steel at shop. I use to use a axle jack stand balanced on top of an 8X8 wooden block to support one end of wrench when tightening nuts. Sort of wobbley and never seemed to be right height. This item almost makes tightening wheels enjoyable. Stable and easy to adjust for different height nuts.
           Larry B

Very nice! Much better design than any I have been considering.  I am going to build one for my bus also 450 ft/lb. I think I will add another hole in the base to lock the two together in the storage box and use one of these pins http://fastening-solutions.pivotpins.com/product/quick-release-solutions/positive-lock-pins? 

[Tony LEE]