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Offline bverboy

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rear axle castle nuts
« on: October 19, 2016, 07:01:42 PM »
doing a brake job and wondering what the torque is on them??  man them rear wheel cylinders are expensive >:(
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Re: rear axle castle nuts
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2016, 09:14:31 PM »
I looked it up in the Service Manual (pg. 275) and it shows 150 ft-lbs...they call it the rear axle shaft nut....guess they don't want the hub coming off!
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Re: rear axle castle nuts
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 05:00:42 PM »
ok thanks buddy
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