I rebuilt my front end over the winter, along with the steering head bearings. I had the dilemma of how to torque the steering head bearings.........ie the special tool. I made one and wanted to share this with other. Excuse me if others have already done this, but I think there would be some that haven't seen it.
Please see attached picture. A picture paints a thousand words.
I used this tool, to tourque my steering head, and it worked great. I idea is to put the torque wrench on the top and the tool on the steering head nut.
Note this is pure number 8 wire, type invention. Takes about 30 minutes to make, and 10 USD of hardware from the plumbing section of home depot. Note that I tapped the pipe with #10 screws.
Good luck, and e-mail and questions.
tks