Hayes Manual says 258 foot pounds. (80-83 Vanagon)
I just ground mine off when I installed new rear axle stub bearings and
nuts, then took the van to a truck stop to get them torqued.
At 258 pounds you have to set the van in gear, with the emergency brakes
on and then stand on the brake pedal.
The mechanic had a very nice Snap On torque wrench about 36" long but he
still had to bounce on the handle to get to 260 Ft. Pounds.
He did a nice job for $10.00 and finally found a use for his $360.00 +
Torque wrench.
It was about a three minute job.

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:02:18 -0500 David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
writes:
> At 04:42 PM 11/12/2002, Stan Wilder wrote:
> >260 Foot pounds .............. go to a Truck Stop that has a
> mechanic.
>
> Stan, that's for the 6-slot nut that is supposed to be discarded any
> time
> you touch one of these axles and replaced with the ten-slot nut
> torqued to
> 360 lb-ft/500 NM.  Apparently they were having trouble with people
> rounding
> off the splines or some such.
>
> david
>
>
> >Stan
> >
> >On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:10:02 -0700 Gnarlodious
> ><gnarlodious@CYBERMESA.COM> writes:
> > > My rear hub got a little loose. I took it to a place and they
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA --
> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>
>
>

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