I can't quite believe what they told me at the Winnebago factory in Forest City, IA today about my '02 Journey on a Freightliner chassis.
What happened was that a few months ago I had a tire shop work on the drivers side rear wheel for something and when they put the jamb nuts back on they left one too loose. Well, over time that nut jiggled loose and fell off onto the roadway, probably as I was traveling at 60 MPH. That 1/2 lb nut and cap could have caused serious damage to a vehicle following me if it had hit someone.
So while at the factory, I wanted all the jamb nuts torqued to spec. This is not a chassis item, it's a Winnebago item.
They finally told me that they don't know what that spec is! The tech that I asked to torque them (because I'd tried to do it myself but don't have the tools and extensions for it) told me that he torqued them until they seemed tight, plus a quarter turn. WHAT?
This is not cool since I've already lost one on the road. So, I've come to the source of all things RV to ask if anyone knows what the torque spec should be for the JAMB NUTS on the rears of a '02 Winnebago Journey? Diesel pusher, Freightliner chassis.
FYI: The jamb nuts, there are two on the rear drivers side wheel, and two on the passengers side wheel so four total...they hold on the chrome hub cap. And then a chrome cover is pressed onto that nut. Not involved with this is that the hub cap also has several other chrome caps that are attached to the hubcap and cover the real lug nuts.
The spec for the jamb nuts is likely NOT the same as the lug nuts...which are 450 ft-lbs.
Can someone give me an educated guess? I'll be getting new rear tires soon and will need to be able to tell the tire shop I have do the job what they should be torqued to. I don't want another jamb nut falling on the road and possibly injuring someone. Bothers me a lot.
