Anybody seen Mr. Larkins?

I've got a grab bag motor coming from thatsdax that I plan to use as an "educational tool", in other words I plan to take it completely apart and see how our Chinese brothers get these little motors to do what they do! I felt like a torque wrench was justified so I got one.

This naturally lead to HOW MUCH? Newton meters, inch pounds, foot pounds, Kg, cm holy crap! Found some conversion tables to make the water even muddier, for instance I want to tighten something 10 Newton meters--
1 Nm = 8.8507 inch pounds X 10 = 88 1/2 inch pounds
1 Nm = 0.73756 foot pounds X 10 = 7 1/3 foot pounds
Now I know 12 inch pounds = 1 foot pound, so the numbers above just don't look right. I confused maybe it's too early for numbers, yeah thats it! Happy Trails Walter F.

Sorry, I gave up math after kindergarden, I was burned out on it by then.

8mm 15 ft. lbs.
6mm 12 ft. lbs.
Spark plug 8-12 ft. lbs.
Everything else, hold the screwdriver as tight as you can and don't bugger up the slots.

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Sometimes you just need a bigger hammer too

LOL, snork. It is a joke in my house. I fix a great many things on my MBs with a hammer or mallet. I call it "the large frame adapter"

For torque on a Chinagirl MB, I use 12 LBS on every thing. Engine, mounts, sprockets etc, every thing. I am sure this is wrong but works4me. I have never broke any thing, but had to go back and pick up a motor after it fell off.


(Sears has a good torque wrench for $20 something. It is to long handled, but great.)

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It will be a magnificent thing
Underneath is a boat
So that it will float
And riches to Dan it will bring.......

I call it the pers$suader

Snork, snork GH. (persuade the bajeebers out of it!)

I really did buy a rubber mallet just for frame "readjustment" Works. Got a chinagurl on my Point Beach with out an adapter.

Goat Herder, I always wanted to ask you but was too sober to ask. How did you come up with your nick? There is a thread some where, but I forget.

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Ilikeabikea; He'll build a motorbike with a wing
It will be a magnificent thing
Underneath is a boat
So that it will float
And riches to Dan it will bring.......

From Loony Tunes cartoons Ralph

For me Hammer = "Universal Adjuster"

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I'm not lost, I'm exploring!

Walter your math is close enough. Only the head is critical and its not really critical. Most important is that the bolts are even and not way over/under torqued +/- a foot/lb won't make a difference as long as they're even. Proper torque for size of bolt is good everywhere else.

I was looking for "Goat herder" as I don't remember that one. I love me some classic cartoons! But found this. goat herder T

Found it, Ralph
2funny

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Ilikeabikea; He'll build a motorbike with a wing
It will be a magnificent thing
Underneath is a boat
So that it will float
And riches to Dan it will bring.......