I was pretty excited earlier today. The swivel hub rebuild was finally coming to an end, and with the long weekend here in Australia, a trip with my buddies starts tomorrow.
While torquing the knuckle studs NUT to 96 Nm, one of them snapped. Ironically, it was the one I had installed a few days ago with Loctite. I used the double-nut method to snug it down really tight, then hit the double nuts with an impact gun to tighten it even more, since these studs are known to work loose.
I'll buy a genuine replacement and install it, but this time I'm wondering if I should just apply Loctite to the stud and install it hand-tight. Would that be the correct approach?
While torquing the knuckle studs NUT to 96 Nm, one of them snapped. Ironically, it was the one I had installed a few days ago with Loctite. I used the double-nut method to snug it down really tight, then hit the double nuts with an impact gun to tighten it even more, since these studs are known to work loose.
I'll buy a genuine replacement and install it, but this time I'm wondering if I should just apply Loctite to the stud and install it hand-tight. Would that be the correct approach?