John:
I have never believed in the procedure given in Bentley manuals
when it comes to front hub bearings. If I follow the Bentley procedure,
when the wheel is back on the car, and the car is on the ground, I can
tug on the top of the tire and feel the wheel rock back and forth
against the bearings, with an audible "thunk". That is too loose, as far
as I am concerned.
I always tighten mine finger tight, so there is no play, and
push in the split pin. No problems so far....
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of John & Allison Cyganowski
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:14 PM
To: 6pack
Subject: Front Hubs
All Right - On to the next task today of reassembling my brakes.
I have installed my front hub. When I follow the Bentley procedure and
torque the castle nut down to 5 ft*lbs and then back off 1 flat, the nut
is
easily finger loose. I don't have a good way of measuring end play, but
it
is not much. When I removed the hub to have the rotor turned, the
castle
nut was not finger loose, but tight and it required a socket to loosen
it,
but not much torque at all. I am inclined to give it another flat of
twist
and call it done.
Opinions?
John Cyg.
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