rotating spec is 24 inch lbs

John_F wrote:

> The factory service manual should give you a torque value. The later
> manuals give a rotating torque for the shaft of a few inch oz. You
> are crushing a collar inside on the shaft to set the preload so don't
> over do it because you cannot back it off it you set it too much. It
> takes a lot of FT Lbs on the nut to crush the collar. When you get
> close do 1/16 of a turn increments. It most likely will require a
> cheater bar handle extender to get enough torque to turn the nut.
>
> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:42:38 GMT, "JP" > wrote:
>
> >
> >The pinion nut of my 1976 Dodge Royal Monaco loosened. Does the Chrysler
> >Corporation Car Production Broadcast paper that I found under the car seat
> >show pinion
> >bearing preload and pinion nut torque? On the paper there is PIN valued
> >at 26 and P/Shaft valued at 251. Are these the factory settings of the
> >pinion bearing preload and
> >pinion nut torque? If not, is there a way to
> >determine these through the papers.
> >
> >Does anyone know the pinion bearing preload and
> >pinion nut torque that the factory used for a 1976 Dodge Royal
> >Monaco?
> >
> >Thank you for a reply to this newsgroup,
> >
> >J. Pallendino
> >Cleveland, Ohio USA
> >
> >
> >