Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
60 extra ft lbs on a 220 ft lb base setting seems a little extreme, thats almost 25% higher than base. I wouldn't feel comfortable with that on a critical fastener; you might as well just tighten it by hand and not bother with a torque wrench if you're going to completely disregard the factory spec by that high of a margin...
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
Factory spec is 181ft/lb. The TSB calls for a 220ft/lb spec w/grease. However, a few thousand miles with a little bit of wheel spin and the nuts loosen back up again and cause the clicking. If you want it to stop and not come back, 280 ft/lb works with the updated axle nut and grease. This is a very common problem for the 00-01's, which none of you guys have. 220ft/lb w/ grease will work if you take it easy on the car. But after a few launches at an auto-x event, drag strip or just playing around on the street and the clicking comes back.
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
Doesn't matter to me, its your car. Use your own judgment. Go with whatever you want, but an extra 100 ft lbs (181 to 280) doesn't sound like a great idea. The higher you go, the more that its going to stretch, and that is going to cause damage if its not designed for that load. Also, reusing axle nuts when trying to solve a problem like this is a bad idea, they deform also. There are probably reasons that people have to go over the 220 spec, and they probably have to do with either hub/axle wear or part deformation.
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
Fabrik8 is absolutly right about what it is doing to the axle nut. However, this is the solution for our years. I don't fully understand what causes it. I just know the way the axle splines and the splines inside the hub mate causes a "click", and the only solution is to torque the nut tighter and grease the splines. I have had mine at 250ft/lb for 2 years and 45K hard miles w/o any problems. But I still get the click every once in a while. You learn to just not care anymore since it is not hurting anything.
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
Fabrik8 is absolutly right about what it is doing to the axle nut. However, this is the solution for our years. I don't fully understand what causes it. I just know the way the axle splines and the splines inside the hub mate causes a "click", and the only solution is to torque the nut tighter and grease the splines. I have had mine at 250ft/lb for 2 years and 45K hard miles w/o any problems. But I still get the click every once in a while. You learn to just not care anymore since it is not hurting anything.
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
Fabrik8 is absolutly right about what it is doing to the axle nut. However, this is the solution for our years. I don't fully understand what causes it. I just know the way the axle splines and the splines inside the hub mate causes a "click", and the only solution is to torque the nut tighter and grease the splines. I have had mine at 250ft/lb for 2 years and 45K hard miles w/o any problems. But I still get the click every once in a while. You learn to just not care anymore since it is not hurting anything.
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Re: Need axle nuts tightened, 220ft/lbs
You should only get 1 or 2 clicks at the most after the car is sitting for a while. It should only happen when at first moving forward or backwards. It should not be a repeating thing as you are driving. Ex. after my car has been sitting all day in the parking lot, and I put it in reverse to back out of the parking space, I get one or 2 small clicks. This is the common axle nut TSB.
Ej- Your situation is far different. I have no idea what yours is. We need to take a good look one weekend.
Ej- Your situation is far different. I have no idea what yours is. We need to take a good look one weekend.