I am little worried about the crank bolt I reinstalled after replacing the oil pump seal. I got a chain from home depot that was rated for 450 LB. I used the bolt and chain method to hold the pulley in place while I cranked my torque wrench. The torque wrench I have goes upto 350 ft LB. I did this from the bottom so I could get more leverage by lying under the truck while using the DS tire as added leverage using my legs. I decided to crank the bolt in steps; meaning I tried 250 ft LB then higher until I get upto 304. So after cranking the bolt upto 280 ft LB I just could not crank it any more with my hands and legs. Hey I am little guy, can't do much beyond 300 anyway . So this is what I did: I set up the wrench from the top instead of the bottom. Then I got my come along winch, hooked it up to my wife's 4Runner's (parked beside my truck in the garage) rear tow receiver recovery point . Then I Got my 30K recovery strap and attach that to the end point of the wrench handle that was sticking out (at 11 o'clock) through the top of the engine bay. The distance between the end point of the wrench handle and the 4Runner's recovery point would be 5 ft (+/-) . The chain was still holding the pulley in place at this moment. After that I started to crank the winch. The more I cranked the winch, the tension got really hard on the strap and the cable of the winch and the DS of the 80 was nose diving to the ground (I think this is a result of not having sway bar up front but I could be wrong). Then BANG! The frigging chain shattered. I did not hear the click from the torque wrench. So the bottom line is: I know I got upto 280 ft lb for sure. And I shattered the chain that was rated for 450 ft LB. Did I tighten the crank bolt too much or not enough? The truck is running great. Oil pressure looks better than it used to be and the steering feel better than before.
Sorry for the long description; hope I explained it right.
Sorry for the long description; hope I explained it right.
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