When I did it, I just used a long piece of pipe over the 3/4"breaker bar
handle and calculated the amount of length needed for my weight standing on
the end of the handle (Lbs X Feet of extension at the center of your foot)
to tighten it.   (only about 2 1/4 feet for me,  as I recall).   If the
final angle of the bar is other than horizontal (likely), slide the pipe
out some to compensate.   To be totally correct, measure the angle and use
trig.   If I did this very often, I'd get a serious torque wrench, but once
every 5 years I can handle.

Dave

At 01:21 PM 8/15/99 -0700, Dana E Hager wrote:
>From: Dana E Hager <dehager@ix.netcom.com>
>
>Anyone know where to find a torque wrench or adapter to torque the rear
>axle nut. Bentley requires 369 ft lb and the largest wrench I can find
>goes to 250 ft lb. The August Hot VWs shows an article using Kymco's
>Torque Meister (Rocky Mt.. Motorworks) and drum plate adapter but it
>does not look like it would work for a 87 Vanagon.
>
>How does the list group do it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dana E Hager
>Nazareth, PA
>
>
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