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Spindle nut being finger tight ?

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Spindle nut being finger tight ?

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Oct 23, 2017 | 10:11 PM

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From: Roseville, MN

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Originally Posted by GoinBoarding

I don't use a torque wrench for this. My Matco only goes to 150lb ft, so I just use a breaker bar and go "tight" on the lock nut. 180k miles of doing it that way and never wrecked a bearing. Far as I know, the D50 is just a bigger version of my D44 in terms of hub design.

I also just use a breaker bar for the outer lock nut. But I definitely don't trust my "feel" to seat the bearings. I use a torque wrench to go through the sequence recommended for the inner nut.

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Oct 23, 2017 | 10:41 PM

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GoinBoarding

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From: Laramie, WY

Yes that step is certainly important.

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