Rear Axle Nut

[LSolheim]

To keep some conversation going, something I have wondered about for years:

When pulling the rear axle through the bearings it is important to insure that the axle is TIGHT! I have always used a couple-foot long breaker bar to snug the nut, but am always concerned that I will go a bit too far & strip the axle threads if I push for just one more flat for the cotter pin. There is no torque value in the maintenance manual that I can find. How tight do you-all tighten the nut? --Larry

 

[SNOWBIRD]

250 foot lbs.

 

[LSolheim]

I'll check when I get home, but I am not sure my torque wrench even adjusts that high! Thanks.

Edit(6:30pm): It DOES adjust to 250#. I'll pull the cotter pin again and see if there is anything left to tighten.