[DML] Re: Hub Nut Torque?

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

With numbers like that, "as tight as you can get it with a 5-foot 
pipe or an air impact" should about do it. I've never seen a torque 
wrench that goes that high, unless you work on trucks. . . 

Dave S

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Scott Mueller" 
<scott.a.mueller@xxxx> wrote:
> Looking through my manuals I found that the Front Hub Nut should be 
torqued
> to 145 lb-ft and the Rear Hub Nut 270 lb-ft.
>  
> The nuts on both the front and the rear are 32mm.
>  
> Why would the torque value differ?
>  
> Do you know of any other reference for the hub nut torque value?
>  
> Scott Mueller
> 002981
> RNDOLA
> DOC-UK 357 Magnum
> DOA
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]




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