Wheel Hub Assembly
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Laughing Gas
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Wheel Hub Assembly
Hello,
I'm going to replace my 2 front Hub assemblies soon and have a question. How are the 4 bolts that connect the Hub Assembly screwed in to the assembly itself?. Do you use a nut to drive them in? Will they bottom out when they are properly seated? What's the torque on them?
I'm going to replace my 2 front Hub assemblies soon and have a question. How are the 4 bolts that connect the Hub Assembly screwed in to the assembly itself?. Do you use a nut to drive them in? Will they bottom out when they are properly seated? What's the torque on them?
More Turbo
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Lakeland, MN
The 4 of them are studs, you could double nut them and tighten them in before install, you could lock tite them and do it, or you could finger tighten them and then when you tighten the nuts on them in the spindle the threads will lock right up. I'd double nut and tighten them, or put a pipe wrench on the flat area that will be in the spindle and get em nice and snug, clean up any marks you make on them if you use the wrench.
Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2012
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I just did mine recently on my 03 7.3. They are studs and I double nutted them. I did not use loctite, but it's an option as mentioned
I just got them good and tight. they will only go so far as the middle is not threaded
I just got them good and tight. they will only go so far as the middle is not threaded
Laughing Gas
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From: San Diego, CA
The other posters are correct. To add, genrally there is no torque value on studs for a reason. You just want them completely threaded, maybe a light hand torque with a small ratchet. Since they do not have a bolt head/nut, the torque is not transferring into tension and creating a clamp force. Instead you are just bottoming the stud out and adding undue stress into the threads of the stud and threaded hole. Torque should obviously be applied once the nuts are installed.
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