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Hows this so unbelievable??

The lugs on your rims are supposed to be torqued from 80-100 foot pounds or something (bill??).

If you are thinking that this is a lot cuz you think of lifting 150pounds as a hard task...well, it's called torque not force. With a 2foot handle on your wrench it takes a rather small amount of force on your end to create

I was working on some heavy equipment and had to torque down some bolts to

I am just thinking about the force of the roller bearing onto the race face. To me this 175 foot pounds that the book calls for is a lot more then that used on the Timken bearing on the spindle of an old Chevy drum break assembly. As a matter of a fact they only had a 25 inch pound torque requirement, so for me I see 175 foot pounds as a lot of pre load on two roller bearing. I can only suspect that inside this assembly must be a precision ground spacer that is actually sharing the load. Does anyone know?

Thanks Bill Now that makes me feel much better. It is exactly how I was hoping. Thanks

That's it man.

It can be real 'fun' to get the sucker off too! I have snapped a couple power bars on it.

Mike

nvrpc wrote:

The center spindle bolts solid to the axle. This does not load the bearing in any way.

When I do u-joints, I don't even bother undoing that nut.

Mike

nvrpc wrote:

When I bought my 36mm socket....they had 2 types one chrome and one flat black (impact), I got the impact even though at the time I didn't have air or an impact wrench...but I am here to tell you impact is the way to go removing that nut. Buy or rent a 250 ft-lbs torque wrench for installation, you really don't want your hub loose.

Sean

I will have one in my hands tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Thank to all for the help provided, once again.

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