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Snafu5962
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 08:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What size socket fits the rear axle nut?
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Prior
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 08:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

36mm or a big adjustable.
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Buellistic
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 11:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

DO NOT OVER TORQUE(tighten) YOUR AXLE NUTS !!!
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Harleyelf
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 01:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The 36mm is an easy socket to find if you look in the foreign car parts stores. It is necessary for any VW owner who ever packs his front wheel bearings or changes his fan. Many other European cars use it for front axles, too. Heed what Buellistic said.
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Snafu5962
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

perfect. my neighbor is a VW nut. Ill borrow one from him. thanks guys
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Two_seasons
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

70 ft-lbs tops Snafu.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

FSM says 68-73lbs/ft (going from memory). I always do 70 and don't have any problems.
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Buellistic
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 07:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

IMHO , if it stays tight at MIN.TORQUE why would you need to go tighter ???

"i" am a believer in SAFETY WIRE !!!
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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 10:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I go for the middle just in case my $12 torque wrench isn't exactly right.

If 68lbs/ft is fine and 72 break something, the part was bad at 68 and just hadn't broke yet.
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Harleyelf
Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The part at risk for breakage in an excessive torque event is not the nut or the bolt, it is the spacer between the bearings. If you crank down on the axle nut with 100 ft-lbs, the nut will be fine but the spacer will distort, allowing the bearing inner races to collapse toward the center of the wheel. Rollers will fall out of their tracks; bad things will happen to stability of wheel tracking and catastrophic failure will eventually result.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 11:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

my previous comment stands.
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Harleyelf
Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 06:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Absolutely correct. You can almost always go over by 5%. My example went over by 50%. They expect us to use twelve dollar torque wrenches. Buellistic is also correct, however. You can mess your swing arm and wheel bearings up by crushing the tube between the two sides. Any torque that prevents the nut from backing itself off will do; minimum (65ft-lb) meets that requirement.
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Mbsween
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Man, you'd really have to be a little under the weather to double up on 65 fl-lbs!

Just stay away from the air wrench and the cheater bar
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Db4570
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just bought one for mine. Standard item at Sears for something like $8.

David
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