what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Depending on how hard you are hitting the ground when you are bouncing
up something, grade 8 bolts won't last long in my opinion.

They are too hard and are likely to shear.

Well, I keep shearing grade 5 ones even. We drive on really dug out and
rutty stuff on steep angles with the pedal to the metal and when you get
wheel hop, you can get a serious hit on those bolts. The last set I put
in were just regular bolts and I cleaned the crap out of the holes
before using loctite on them. So far so good, they have held for over a
year but I haven't off roaded seriously in 6 months... :-(

The torque is 30 ft lb in a criss cross pattern on them.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Depending on how hard you are hitting the ground when you are bouncing
up something, grade 8 bolts won't last long in my opinion.

They are too hard and are likely to shear.

Well, I keep shearing grade 5 ones even. We drive on really dug out and
rutty stuff on steep angles with the pedal to the metal and when you get
wheel hop, you can get a serious hit on those bolts. The last set I put
in were just regular bolts and I cleaned the crap out of the holes
before using loctite on them. So far so good, they have held for over a
year but I haven't off roaded seriously in 6 months... :-(

The torque is 30 ft lb in a criss cross pattern on them.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Depending on how hard you are hitting the ground when you are bouncing
up something, grade 8 bolts won't last long in my opinion.

They are too hard and are likely to shear.

Well, I keep shearing grade 5 ones even. We drive on really dug out and
rutty stuff on steep angles with the pedal to the metal and when you get
wheel hop, you can get a serious hit on those bolts. The last set I put
in were just regular bolts and I cleaned the crap out of the holes
before using loctite on them. So far so good, they have held for over a
year but I haven't off roaded seriously in 6 months... :-(

The torque is 30 ft lb in a criss cross pattern on them.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

The actual fix is to toss the bolts and replace them with studs and nylon
lock nuts. Loc-Tite in the studs, then torque the nuts to 30 ft lbs. There
are some outfits selling this as a kit, but you can do just as well at the
hardware store.
"Jet" <jet@bestweb.net> wrote in message
news:vqqm558dm7dra6@corp.supernews.com...
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine
>
>

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

The actual fix is to toss the bolts and replace them with studs and nylon
lock nuts. Loc-Tite in the studs, then torque the nuts to 30 ft lbs. There
are some outfits selling this as a kit, but you can do just as well at the
hardware store.
"Jet" <jet@bestweb.net> wrote in message
news:vqqm558dm7dra6@corp.supernews.com...
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine
>
>

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

The actual fix is to toss the bolts and replace them with studs and nylon
lock nuts. Loc-Tite in the studs, then torque the nuts to 30 ft lbs. There
are some outfits selling this as a kit, but you can do just as well at the
hardware store.
"Jet" <jet@bestweb.net> wrote in message
news:vqqm558dm7dra6@corp.supernews.com...
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine
>
>

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Hi Carmine,
Grade eight is what came new in them:
http://www.----------.com/realhub.jpg They are 3/8" National Course and
may be torqued to 47 foot pounds:
http://www.engineersedge.com/torque.htm Stock they come with regular
split lock washers, Warn hubs come with a flat washer with tabs that are
bent up to trap the head.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Hi Carmine,
Grade eight is what came new in them:
http://www.----------.com/realhub.jpg They are 3/8" National Course and
may be torqued to 47 foot pounds:
http://www.engineersedge.com/torque.htm Stock they come with regular
split lock washers, Warn hubs come with a flat washer with tabs that are
bent up to trap the head.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine

Re: what should i torque the hub bolt to?
 

Hi Carmine,
Grade eight is what came new in them:
http://www.----------.com/realhub.jpg They are 3/8" National Course and
may be torqued to 47 foot pounds:
http://www.engineersedge.com/torque.htm Stock they come with regular
split lock washers, Warn hubs come with a flat washer with tabs that are
bent up to trap the head.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Jet wrote:
>
> I just bought some grade 8 bolt and some red locktite to put my hubs on my
> 86 cj7. they keep loosening up on me and I was wondering what I should
> torque them to? carmine