KrashDH
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So I'm 2 years out from replacing my front wheel bearings.
Went in for an alignment today after all of my (unrelated) front end work.
Tech told me drivers wheel bearing was shot.
Got er home, jacked up, there was play.
Checked the torque... Definitely was not where it should be.
Got it torqued back down as much as I could with a breaker bar. The play went away, wheel bearing is all good. Passenger side was ok.
So my question. I know the proper torque technique is something like 142 ftlb, back it off half turn, roll the car, 37 ftlb, then tighten 60 more degrees. It's an absurd amount of torque at that 60* mark, my guess is somewhere around 225 ftlb or so. That's when you do it initially.
Well these couple years of driving have either properly seated the bearing or the nut slightly backed off. Does anyone have a torque value there's been used in this situation? I've read the threads that it's "over 200" or "hit it with my 250 ft lb impact" but I'm wondering if anyone knows what that 60* translates to in torque value. I ask because I'd like to properly seat both of them again and I'll have access to a torque multiplier.
I suppose I could do the torque procedure from scratch again, but if I could just torque from where they are at that would be nice since I've already done the "rolling" phase. If not, will doing the procedure over again yield the same clamping force or do I need to go 65-70* after the 37 ftlb?
Went in for an alignment today after all of my (unrelated) front end work.
Tech told me drivers wheel bearing was shot.
Got er home, jacked up, there was play.
Checked the torque... Definitely was not where it should be.
Got it torqued back down as much as I could with a breaker bar. The play went away, wheel bearing is all good. Passenger side was ok.
So my question. I know the proper torque technique is something like 142 ftlb, back it off half turn, roll the car, 37 ftlb, then tighten 60 more degrees. It's an absurd amount of torque at that 60* mark, my guess is somewhere around 225 ftlb or so. That's when you do it initially.
Well these couple years of driving have either properly seated the bearing or the nut slightly backed off. Does anyone have a torque value there's been used in this situation? I've read the threads that it's "over 200" or "hit it with my 250 ft lb impact" but I'm wondering if anyone knows what that 60* translates to in torque value. I ask because I'd like to properly seat both of them again and I'll have access to a torque multiplier.
I suppose I could do the torque procedure from scratch again, but if I could just torque from where they are at that would be nice since I've already done the "rolling" phase. If not, will doing the procedure over again yield the same clamping force or do I need to go 65-70* after the 37 ftlb?