Now that makes sense! Most of the time the jamb nut either has been installed and removed a few times with a cold chisel by some PO
. Then other times it's a smooth ring with a series of notches around the perimeter. Either way I can't imagine ever getting a torque wrench on one once the cold chisel has done it's work. So for me, I tighten the locknut to aproximately one large tap, and two smaller ones....
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140 lb and leave it there?/QUOTE]
Gary I must be mixing my english and my hickaneese. The 100-140 lbs torque is on the jamb nut not the bearing adjusting nut. The first nut (adjusting nut) is like you said tightened to seat the bearing and then backed off(no preload) a notch (as you do) or 45 degrees or 1/8th of a turn. Then the jamb nut is torqued.
Sorry for any confusion.