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Posted by John Waak [64.219.30.117] on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 20:29:12 :
In Reply to: Re: Locking a front hub lock nut posted by Tom Petroff (IL) [64.12.116.76] on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 17:38:22 :
As an addendum, the first spindle nut gets torqued to 100 ft.pounds. Spin the wheel and re-torque the nut. Repeat this procedure until no more nut movement occurs. You will probably need to re-torque three or four times before the nut no longer makes incremental advances. Then back off the inner nut 1/6th turn. Install the lock washer. Now install the outer nut, torquing, spinning, and re-torquing as you did with the inner nut, until 100lbs. holds. Torquing the spindle nuts in this way will assure that you end up with properly adjusted bearings.