In my 1984 Haynes on page 151 it says "Wheel hub to wheel shaft (castellated
nut) ...... 350nm  258 lbf ft".
In my 1985 Bentley on page 46.6 and 46.9 it says 350nm (253 ft lb), but on
page 42.4 it shows both a new and an old axle nut.  The new one is said to
be torqued to 500nm (360 ft lb), and there is a note which I quote:

During repairs on vehicles prior to VIN 25ZBH119362, install new sleeves and
axle nuts and torque nuts to 500 Nm ( 360 ft lb ).

It looks like the recommendation is to buy the new nut and sleeves and use
the higher torque setting.  So, if one is using the old nut and does not
replace the sleeves, should the lower torque be applied?  It looks like the
new nut may be of sterner stuff than the old.

Respectfully,
Steve
"What you don't know can't hur..$#&(@^ ARGHHHHkkk!"
satew@mninter.net

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size

>At 14:27 4/27/99 -0500, S2 wrote:
>>The torque setting is 253 lb/ft.  You should be able to rent a torque
wrench
>>that will read up to 300.
>
>Uh...Steve...that's the three-groove crank pulley (350 nm/258 lb-ft).  The
>hub is 500nm/360 lb-ft.
>
>:)
>d
>David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
>