i recently had a wheel bearing failure and had to pull over to a shop and get it replaced.
i noticed the mechanic used a impact when he tightened my axle nut and lately ive been doing some rsearch and some people say that if you over tighten the axle nut you end up putting more stress on the hub/bearing and it leads to early failure. what do you guys think of this?
how are you guys tightening your axle nuts when you do some front end work? just impact it on or actually tightening by hand?
if by hand is it best to loosen the axle nut that was recently tightened and then tighten it with a torque wrench to spec or forget about it?
thx
i noticed the mechanic used a impact when he tightened my axle nut and lately ive been doing some rsearch and some people say that if you over tighten the axle nut you end up putting more stress on the hub/bearing and it leads to early failure. what do you guys think of this?
how are you guys tightening your axle nuts when you do some front end work? just impact it on or actually tightening by hand?
if by hand is it best to loosen the axle nut that was recently tightened and then tighten it with a torque wrench to spec or forget about it?
thx