Tecdiverfl

I just repacked my front bearings and put new seal in. My question is on how tight to make the nut on the hub. It freespins as I hand tighten it as I get it snug by hand it will spin about a half turn. Do I get it a little snug with channel locks and then back it off a little? Also is a half spin enough or should it spin a bit more?

Thanks
Marty

teamo

I I recall the service manual says to torque them down to 12 ft pounds while spinning, backed the nut off, and then hand tightened them.

mysixtynine

Rotate the wheel , while spinning tighten to 12 ft lbs .

back off adjusting nut 1 flat ... if cotter won’t go in back off additional half flat or less as needed to insert cotter pin.

bellow is from my 1970 MOTORS autorepair manual

Tecdiverfl

Thanks guys