Date:         Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:20:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bentley 258 ft/lbs Front Axle Nut
Comments: To: Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
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That would be correct for the ultra-rare front wheel drive Vanagon : )

Maybe that is from the Syncro section? Only thing I can think of.That kind
of torque, if the threads would support it (they wouldn't), would crush the
bearing. The correct procedure for torquing the front wheel bearing of a
2WD is to tighten so that you can barely slip the flat washer around behind
the nut, then put a dimple in the locking nut into the top groove to keep
it from turning. If you don't have all your races seated and all the
potential slack out of the various components, it will drive you crazy so
make sure you tap everything down well with a brass drift on the races, and
that you get the correct bearing races for the outer (there was a model
number mid-year change in 83, I recall), and that the tab in the flat
washer goes in the right groove in the spindle. It's not the top groove,
but on the side and hard to see.

Jim

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> For 85 2wd Vanagon, Bentley states 258 ft/lbs torque on front axle nut.
> This must be a mistake, no?
> *Miguel*
>
> *The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it- basically because
> you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. *
> *- Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary*
>