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More_To_See
Mar 18, 2015Explorer
I think I would be spinning that wheel quite a bit with partial torque on it and then bring it on up to 12 foot pounds while it's still moving. In a perfect world you would then back off the nut one flat and magically could put the cotter pin in right there. But it is likely you would have to go a bit more to get the pin in. But as the manual says no more than one more flat.
When you say you will check the torque of the nut before removing I assume you do not mean that you will put a torque wrench on there and start applying torque to it. In effect that would be preload. I assume you mean to mark the nut and spindle for the current position. But I'm not sure it would end up back there after we packing the bearings and all that. That would be too convenient and the mechanic world just doesn't work that way. At least not for me. lol
When you say you will check the torque of the nut before removing I assume you do not mean that you will put a torque wrench on there and start applying torque to it. In effect that would be preload. I assume you mean to mark the nut and spindle for the current position. But I'm not sure it would end up back there after we packing the bearings and all that. That would be too convenient and the mechanic world just doesn't work that way. At least not for me. lol
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