Torque on wheel bearing nut 98 Mark

[bhans40]

I replaced both wheel bearings and hubs. When I torqued the bearing nut I could only go to 150 ft/lbs, that's all my torque wrench had.......should I worry about not having over 200/230?......The 1st time I replaced them I put the 150 on both nuts and then I cranked a little more to get over the 200/230 ft/lbs.......how much more?......only God knows.......I just know they both were on tight,very tight especially the LT one.......didn't want to do that again......so am I OK with 150 ft/lbs?

 

[soduka]

I couldn't find my super duty torque wrench, so I just cranked it, by hand, as much as I could. That was almost 3 years ago and my wheels haven't fallen off and the bearings haven't gone bad again so whatever.

If you're not willing to be a rebel then find a local garage that'll do torques for you for like $10-$20. I used to live near a place that would take like $20 when it was super slow and check torques on everything I just did.

 

[ONLYTONY]

A lot of auto part stores loan tools. Check with stores in your area.

 

[olddavid]

I had the misfortune to need mine done in the dead of winter, and ran into the same problem you have. I used the same flex handle and pipe that loosened it to re-tighten. Has to be close.

 

[nightfly]

I have to chime in here; I'm old enough to have lived through the years when pretty much nobody other than a professional mechanic owned a torque wrench (and most of them didn't use them very often, either). We did it the old fashined way; do it till it 'feels right', back it off 'till it feels right', and be done with it. Re check it after driving, again after a week or so, and at any time you think something feels 'off', 'loose', etc.. After working on cars for a while, you learn to be able to tell when you're wheel bearings are loose 'by feel'. I know that sounds stupid, but it's how we learned, and you didn't see cars with wheels falling off all over the place, so the old ways worked too. We just paid attention to what we were doing, and didn't just assume stuff was correct and leave it. We re checked a lot of things back then. And it worked. Blasphemy, according to the trade schools, I know.

 

[driller]

We did it the old fashined way; do it till it 'feels right', back it off 'till it feels right', and be done with it. Re check it after driving, again after a week or so, and at any time you think something feels 'off', 'loose', etc..

You are talking about a completely different wheel bearing setup.