Reply to "Tighten rear axle nuts with a “torque multiplier”?"

rene4406Member

panteradoug posted:
The torque number is to load the bearings, not necessarily to keep the nut tight. You can do that with Lok-tite.
If you aren't torking to 400 then the bearings aren't loaded correctly.

It's the factory's number, not something out of the blue or from outer space. Modify it at your own risk.

Preload is only justified with tapered roller or possibly angular contact bearings, not with simple ball or deep groove bearings.

At least, it was like that when I was studying in an engineering school in the early 70s, when the Pantera were produced.

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