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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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Default grease for axle nut?

Im going to tighten my rear axle nut tomorrow according to TSB spec and I was wondering what kind of grease would be suitable for the axle nut?

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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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Any high temp grease. I used an axle grease I had left over from the days when I used to re-pack wheel bearings. It's just to make the nut turn more easily so that it will accept the higher torque without issue. The bearing itself is a sealed, pressed in bearing, so the grease is not for it.
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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I need to do this aswell, as I have the clicking from going to reverse to 1st, What size is the axle nut that you must tighten down? its pretty big if I recall right
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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Also, you can reuse the nut right?
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Old Aug 9, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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It's a 36mm nut and yes, you can re-use the nut. It's usually not a problem if you're increasing the torque. It's more if you had big torque on it and then used it with less torque that you would get a new one.
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