My Pete rebuild

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(11-09-2018 )pearce trucking Wrote:  Yeah. I bought my 386 in 2015. Chased a shimmy and pulled the drive axles. My nuts also were finger tight. I torqued them to spec. Around 300 ft lbs. I can't imagine people doing them loose like that. But they do. And it's not like they loosen over time. The washer stops that!

With wear, I can see how the inner nut could possibly go from 300 ft lbs to finger tight against the bearing, especially if it's never been checked in 600k. But if the outer was torqued against the inner to 250 ft lbs, I can't see how anything could rotate enough for both to go finger tight without shearing a pin/lock-tab, but I may be wrong, it doesn't take a lot of rotation on the jam nuts.

My hubs are corroded, and there's mixed information on bearing types as to if I can just toss the crush sleeves or not, etc, that I said f'it, I'll put 4 new hub assemblies on it and call it a day. I don't have the luxury to let it sit where it is - it has to be together and out of the bay by Tuesday. That, and I REALLY don't want to sink $10k into rear housing at this point, which is about what it would cost all said and done.