Axle nut torque / 1985

[jimtweet]

Seeing a couple different values online.

I know somewhere along the way nuts change from castle nut to lock but or something

I have the m20 castle nut. I think this should be 231 ft/lbs? Or close to that

[Dpmulvan]

Originally Posted by jimtweet

Seeing a couple different values online.

I know somewhere along the way nuts change from castle nut to lock but or something

I have the m20 castle nut. I think this should be 231 ft/lbs? Or close to that

I know the 32mm is 340ftlbs so m20 231ftlbs sounds about right.

[GH85Carrera]

I don't remember the exact number.

When I did mine, I used a 3 foot breaker bar, and pushed down while standing on our bathroom scale, and I did the math to get the approximate pound feet on the end of the 3 foot bar.

Then I drove over to a local truck stop with my socket in hand. I asked if any mechanic wanted to make a quick and easy $20 bucks with their big torque wrench. One guy was the fastest, and I handed him the socket, and he set the torque wrench, and click click done. He gave me back the socket and I left knowing they were torqued.