D60 wheel bearing question

[Bent77]

New inner wheel bearing, torque to 50lb/ft and back off to seat bearing before adjusting.

Anyone hear different or am I on the right track?

 

[nvrenuf]

That's the way I'd do it.

 

[owenst7]

I think it's 36, back off, 50, back off if youre being really picky...I usually just go by feel.

The actual Dana service manual is readily available in pdf form all over the net, I think I downloaded it from a link off the dana 60 bible.

 

[Fred_M1010]

According to the factory service manual for my dodge,
it's: first 50ftlbs to seat it - back off - torque to 40ftlbs - and then back off 135-150 degrees.
And then torque the lock-nut to least 65ftlbs.

I used to do it by feel, but when I started doing it by the book I realized I've always over tightened it before...

 

[Bent77]

Yes thats why I asked. apparently the old-school way I was taught is wrong too! Been driving it for a week, seems ok. The driv e to BB11 will let me know!

 

[6.2Blazer]

I've always done it by feel also. Always torqued it "tight" while spinning the hub, loosened, retightend, then backed the nut off to the right "feel".

 

[miniwally]

I have always done the tighten, rotate, back off, tighten, rotate, back off and then snug up till the right feel.

Then torque the outer nut to at least 150 ft/lbs. I think we were taking the outer nut to 200 ft/lbs on the race car before the switch to the stage 8 hardware.