Rear Wheel Bearing Torque

[jlwelding]

I looked under axles and couldnt find torque for rear wheel bearings.They werent just real tight coming off, is it just snugged up?

[Haggar]

Here is what the 01  manual has for that.  Step 8 is install the outer bearing, so this is the tightening process.

 

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Hag

 

[Dieselfuture]

For whatever reason when I did mine, I went 150ft/lb while rotating and back a 1/4 turn, been a while since I did that with no issues. Not arguing that above is not true at all, just remember what I did was considered the right way also. Probably close enough ether way. 

[pepsi71ocean]

When I did mine, I went to I think 120 ft lbs and tried to spin it. It would barely spin. I didn't replace the bearings, just tightened then up since the one side was loose. 

[wil440]

If these are opposing taper bearings instead of unit bearings then the way to do them IF you have no instructions whatsoever

 

Make sure outer races have been bottomed out correctly and the seating area was spotless, if bearings weren't changed then forget this

 

Tighten to a fair torque say around 35lbft, turn hub a few times, tighten some more, turn hub a few times making sure it turns with no rough bits, at this point I would hit the hub with a soft deadblow just to be sure the bearings are seated. By now you want some resistance to turn, if hitting with the deadblow loosens the turn tighten a little more at least until no change is seen by turning and deadblow.

Slacken off and then turn, by this time only the top rollers will be turning, slowly tighten the nut until all rollers are turning but only just.

I myself pay no attention to bearing nut torque at all and always do it by feel

Just make sure to note IF the split pin holes don't line up go tighter but only by a little

Edited December 24, 2021 by wil440