Front hub torque settings
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Front hub torque settings
Midget front discs go on Austin the Austin tomorrow.
I can't track down the correct torque settings for the caliper bolts or the stub axle nut.
Any guidance would be most welcome, thanks.
Mark Higgitt
Alcester
I can't track down the correct torque settings for the caliper bolts or the stub axle nut.
Any guidance would be most welcome, thanks.
Mark Higgitt
Alcester
1958 (long since Court Grey, no longer bare metal, now Speedwell Blue, and tantalisingly close to moving under its own steam for the first time in more than a decade) A35 YDV 624
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Re: Front hub torque settings
I'm not sure there is a specific torque setting. Dave Clark mentioned this not so long along I think.
check with one of the 'experts on here' first. you may do more damage than good I suspect.
check with one of the 'experts on here' first. you may do more damage than good I suspect.
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Re: Front hub torque settings
Tight...
There's plenty of suggested bolt size/torque charts on google if you need a rough guide...
There's plenty of suggested bolt size/torque charts on google if you need a rough guide...
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Re: Front hub torque settings
Go as tight as you like on the front hubs providing you don't strip the stub axle threads.
But be more careful when tightening the caliper bolts. Will see if I can find the torque spec unless somebody beats me to it...
But be more careful when tightening the caliper bolts. Will see if I can find the torque spec unless somebody beats me to it...
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Re: Front hub torque settings
I was always told to stop half a turn before the bolt breaksBig Daddy wrote:Go as tight as you like on the front hubs providing you don't strip the stub axle threads.
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Re: Front hub torque settings
Approaching torque to yield which is common practice today. Maintains clamp load in service. Relates to stress/strain characteristics...Hoppend wrote:I was always told to stop half a turn before the bolt breaks
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Re: Front hub torque settings
Thanks, everyone.
Mark
Mark
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Re: Front hub torque settings
caliper retaining bolt torque for a marina 1300 is 50 lb ft according to Haynes...
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Re: Front hub torque settings
I always use Loctite on fixings like these. (Not on the spindle nut though, which has the split pin)
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Re: Front hub torque settings
The Midget settings are: Castellated hub nut 46 pounds/foot
caliper to stub , 48 p/foot
disk to hub, 43 p/foot
just done this conversion and car certainly stops well.
caliper to stub , 48 p/foot
disk to hub, 43 p/foot
just done this conversion and car certainly stops well.
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MgB GT nsn 579m. 1973
Austin a30 uyj 698. 1955