torque value for rear hub questions
 

Hi guys just finished installing the rear bearings and I am at the initial torque of 145 ft/p . Got a few questions?
1-is one able to feel the free play of 5/100 by hand , ordered a dial indicator stand and waiting for it.
2-how do we actually measure the free play once the dial indicator is installed? Do we push the hub in and out?
3-at 145 ft/p I turn the hub by and it is smooth but not easy to turn there is some resistance is this normal?
Thanks for your help
Erick

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1) Maybe>not really.

2) I do not know, sorry.

3) Resistance is normal.

My experience with people and bearings, really maintenance in general is people do not care are worry about things until they read about it or hear about it, Then they over think it.
For instance we all know that cars have wheel bearings yet people buy used cars and drive them for years without thinking about checking or repacking their wheel bearings, then when they do it becomes this massive over complicated job, it is not. Most shops rattle them down with an impact gun to around 150-200 ft. pds til the cotter key lines up and call it good and it is. Bearing are tough if you keep them greased and dirt and water out of them they work fine. You do not want them loose because it makes for sloppy wheel alignment, If they are to tight( hard to do with a spacer set up, like the 930 has in the rear) they can overheat, very rare have I seen that.
The biggest problem is people set them up to what they think is perfect and things settle into place and they get loose, and need to be tightened again, especially if new bearings were installed.
You are going to find out the cotter key holes will not line up to what you think is the perfect preload any way.
Good luck SmileWavy