Mark18
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 11:18 AM |
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Sierra rear hub nut torque
What exactly is the torque figure for these? There's always threads popping up here about people needing air guns etc to get them off, and the
consensus seems to be around 280lb/ft. Well I was tightening mine a few minutes ago and took the threads off at around 150lb/ft  . Now I need to
find another Sierra, do up the halfshafts again and go messing about with the hubs again while I should be working with a rolling chassis 
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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need4speed
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 11:27 AM |
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The Haynes manual states 185-214lb/ft or for the more upto date people 250 - 290 Nm
Hope that helps
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mark_UK
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 11:38 AM |
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250-290Nm(184-213lbft) according to Mr Haynes, if they`ve stripped at 150lbft there must have been something amiss,its better you found out now in
the garage rather than later on the road
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Mark18
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 11:41 AM |
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Yeah, that was one of the thoughts going through my head - but what exactly could have gone wrong? I can see the figures I had were wrong for a start,
but still they stripped before the correct figures.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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mark_UK
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 12:00 PM |
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Dread to think what would happen worst case,at best a very wobbly wheel
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tks
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 06:05 PM |
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well
if i was you i didn't fasten it @ that rate,
the reason for it is the following:
if you brake then the nut will only tighten it self.
another problem is the bearing stuff,
my situation was the following, i was tigtening that bold with a "bako" tool,
its a nut tool wich is adjustable, very soon i couldn't turn it any more, but i saw that the nut was just over the thread, i pushed from the
back the axle on and with a plastic hammer i ticked on the disc and the nut was again lose,
what i want to say is that i think that the fixening you should do that in stages.
tighten, hammer, bearing control, tighten,control...
make a testride, go back and retighten again..
greetz
TKS
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 07:59 PM |
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My manual states 207 to 221 lb/ft. Did you strip the nut and the driveshaft thread. What kind of torque wrench were you using?. When we did the
nephews' on his Sierra we just tightened it with a tommy bar till our eyeballs bulged and it's never shifted in 2 years.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark18
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| posted on 22/1/05 at 08:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
My manual states 207 to 221 lb/ft. Did you strip the nut and the driveshaft thread. What kind of torque wrench were you using?. When we did the
nephews' on his Sierra we just tightened it with a tommy bar till our eyeballs bulged and it's never shifted in 2 years.
I used the age old method of 1 foot bar = 50lb/ft. This is the strange thing - I was only using 3 feet (if even) of leverage, and I wasn't
jumping on the thing or applying any real eye bulging force. I still haven't a clue. The driveshaft looks to have taken 90% of the damage.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/1/05 at 01:29 AM |
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Where did you get that formula? An average man can put 100 lb/ft of torque with a standard ratchet without breaking any knuckles, just a good pull.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 23/1/05 at 09:58 AM |
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You did have the right nut on the right side didn't you?
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Mark18
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| posted on 23/1/05 at 11:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
You did have the right nut on the right side didn't you?
Pat...
Haha, yes I did - Pete, the more I think about it the more stupid that formula seems - it's very likely that there was nothing
wrong at all with the driveshafts or whatever - if you look at it, the weakest link comes down to myself and my inexperience - at least it's not
an expensive mistake.
Mark
"I don't know what I may seem to the world. But as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore and diverting myself
now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than the ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -
Isaac Newton
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Avoneer
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| posted on 23/1/05 at 04:26 PM |
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I won't tell you about any of my stupid mistakes then.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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tks
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| posted on 23/1/05 at 06:52 PM |
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well
i didn't know about the left threaded side,
and my nuts where defenitly more thant what the manual states, i needed 1,5 meter of bar abnd 2 persons to disassembly the hole thing,
then on the other side the chit uccured, of course that side didn't win soow ast but hey it began to move.. now i have the left treaded side @
the end no trhead..
but with a extra ring that problem is also history...
TKS
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