Originally Posted by
joejack951
Ridiculously tight is the rear drive axle nuts on Porsche 944s. Ever try to tighten something to 400 N*m? It's not easy. Loosening them is no fun either.
joejack951, Tightening Porsche axle nuts and flywheel gland nuts are the challenges that led me to the bathroom scale technique described earlier in this thread. I use a 36 mm impact socket on a 3/4 inch breaker bar, an 8 foot length of 2" steel pipe and an very accurate bathroom scale. It makes tightening the gland nut to 450 foot-pounds fairly easy and quite accurate, as long as there is also someone beefy enough to keep the engine stand from flipping over.