<VV> lm rear hub nut torque ?

[Mike Stillwell]

 Mike, If you're putting the retainers on the U-Joint,
you are working on the Yoke, rather than the Bearing
Hub. Also you're putting in Bolts vs. a Nut, right?!

 Mike
 YS-117

--- mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:

> 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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