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If the gauge reads 60 psi. The 60 gets multiplied by .994 (area of piston acted on by torque arm) and by .682 (length of torque arm in ft) and divided by 4 which is reduction by the sprockets ratio which is 4 to 1. So it becomes 10.16 ft pounds of torque given gauge reading of 60 psi. Only...

Here is a pic. It is just a disk brake with two sets of bearings. One set is from the S10 pickup truck that I got the brake off of. The second set is the pillow blocks that you see. They are on the same axis. There is a torque arm coming off the whole brake assembly that rotates on the pillow...

I have always loved engines of any kind. In the 70's I worked at the best engine shop in the St petersburg/Tampa area. (Then called Pils Service and Machine - Now Southern Style Racing Engines) We had the first Sunnen cylinder hone in the area. Long after I left there I went back to visit and...