[DeTomaso] Axle Nut Torque

F&D Terry gt5s at bcpl.net
Tue Apr 10 07:28:14 EDT 2007


Tony,

The important aspect of the tapered rollers is that they be assembled 
with a spacer adjusted to give 3 thousands pre load. The 450 ft-lbs was 
required for the stock ball bearings.

Fred T.

tony DiGiovanna wrote:

>Been a while since I remember seeing this debate:  I'm about to re-assemble
>upright assemblies with billet axles and roller bearings.  Would like to
>hear your opinions justifying or challenging the need for 450 ft-lbs of
>torque on the nut.
>
>Usually such torques are intended to pre-stress tensile members to prevent
>cyclic stresses and therefore fatigue.  I'm having a hard time convincing
>myself that 450 ft-lbs of torque creates enough tensile stress in the billet
>axle to achieve this end.  What do you think?
>
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