thats one pretty wide birth.as long as someone like brock lesner aint useing full strenght to tighten it any good ole tight tight should do it. --- On Mon, 10/25/10, John D. Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
From: John D. Fox <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] torque spec pinon shaft To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 12:19 AM The factory manual (1222-R3-4/71) Alfa for the rear axle and differential is pretty clear the torque on the pinion nut, with the flange held from turning with a flange tool, is 8 - 14 Kgm ( 58 - 100 lb-ft). The preload of the bearing is set by shim, if you are not changing the bearing, but keeping the bearing, shims and housing the same ( just changing a seal) you shouldn't have to mess with the preload. If you do want to measure it, the rotating torque on the pinion in the bearings, no differential to drive, is 11.5 - 15.5 Kgcm ( 10 - 13.5 lb-in). You change shims between the bearings to adjust the preload. Cheers, John -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
