Gents, is the oem torque spec of ~240 ft.lbs sufficient for the front spindle nuts? Or, does it require extra torque like the rear axle nut tsb?

 

I think the recommendation was to do it the same as the rear but I was unable to get it down and get access for that. I used my torque wrench set to 250 and it has worked OK thus far.

 

The front is not the same as the rear and do not require the additional torque listed in the TSB.

 

If you run hard on slicks on the track, you will absolutely want to add the increased torque. I have seen first hand the front stub shaft gall due to undertorque of the front nut.

 

Gentlemen, thank you kindly for the replies.


Billman, can you give me a torque value? Or should I just do the 180 ft lbs + 60* of additional rotation? Is it perhaps over kill for the front spindles?

 

240 ft/lbs is plenty for the fronts, the front wheels are usually subjected to less stress than the rears because of the way the car yaws on it's center of gravity, even if you're non staggered, running slicks pulling over 2g's of lateral acceleration, the rears will always have more side load than the fronts. That's not to say your front wheel bearings will never wear out, just not as readily as the rears. As always Billman's advice is spot on, I was just adding a meaningless factoid.