Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 12:33:50 -0400
Reply-To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Rear axle torque specs?
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Dennis, it sounds like something is amiss inside of the housing. Are you
sure it isn't that the brakes are dragging and causing the heating up? It
can be a little tricky getting the bearings assembled in the housing
properly. If I were going to guess, that would be my guess that something
isn't right in there. I don't have a torque wrench that goes up to
369ft-lbs so I just tighten the heck out of these nuts with an air gun
until it is tight and I can put the cotter pin in. Never had a problem
with it getting hot after doing that, but I did have some problems with
assembling the rear bearings the first few times I attempted it back in the
day. I use a press now and haven't had problems in a while. You have to
be really careful installing the outer bearing that there is no stop for it
and it also seems to go into the housing very tightly. If you don't press
it in just right it can fail almost immediately after putting it back
together.
Ken
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I also did the conversion for ft lbs. Conversion is correct. I have al new
> bearings, seal, and cv. Brakes are fine. Axle nut is so that when I use and
> eye dropper for,a few drops water on the nut the water immediately boils
> off. Ouch! I now have put on 300 miles + since the new bearings. Not as hot
> but the weather here is 38 out that might have made a difference in
> temperature. Onto Newfoundland next week, I hope. Maybe I,should back off
> the nut 2 spaces and see if it cools down. Any thoughts?
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
> > On Jun 1, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Stephen Engel <sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Multiply Nm by 0.7376 to get ft-lbs. In this case 500Nm = 369ft-lb.
> >
> > I don't know anything about the Bentley being wrong.
> >
> > Maybe your brake shoes on the right side are grabbing? Bearings, CVs not
> lubed or worn?
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > On Mon, 6/1/15, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Subject: Rear axle torque specs?
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2015, 7:04 AM
> >
> > Forgot to add that that the rear
> > passenger side wheel bearings and seal have been just
> > replaced by a new shop I'm trying to use. Wheel axle nut
> > torqued to 360 ft lbs. I then drove the Westy back to my
> > farm 60 miles away. Remove hub caps and felt axle nuts on
> > both side of the Westy. The passenger side was exceptionally
> > hot. I couldn't hold on to it. The drive side was only
> > warm.
> > Hence my be question of torque specs.
> >
> >
> > Does anyone know what the correct torque specs for the rear
> > axle nut on my 1988 GL Westy.
> > My Bentley says 360 ft.lbs. but I understand that that is
> > wrong . I understand that The conversion factor from the 500
> > Nm was calculated wrong in the Bentley.,shouldn't it be 253
> > ft lbs?
> > I got this info from the westfalai.org site.
> >
> >
> > Dennis Jowell
> > Scotch Hollow Farm
> > Newbury, Vermont
>
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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
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