<VV> lm rear hub nut torque ?

[Norman C. Witte]

I just looked in the same places and saw the same things.  Just curious--did
you get new bolts?  I would torque them to spec.  Anything requiring that
kind of twist I would replace rather than reuse. 

I don't remember ever breaking a new grade 8 bolt with a regular torque
wrench.  I don't think torquing it to spec is going to hurt anything, and if
it was a misprint I am sure it would have made it into the bulletin.
Considering that these bolts are basically holding the wheel on the car, I
think it would be a mistake to under-torque them.

Norm 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mhicks130 at cox.net [mailto:mhicks130 at cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:05 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> lm rear hub nut torque ?
> 
> The 65 shop manual says that the torque for the rear bearing hub nuts is
> 100-150 ft-lbs.  That can't be right.  They're smaller than the wheel lugs
> so maybe 3/8 or 7/16ths.  I've got the Service News updates but I couldn't
> find any updated/corrected torque value for these guys.  I torqued them to
> 50 ft-lbs because that "felt" right.   So far so good but I'd like to know
> what they're supposed to be.
> 
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