Got a link to someone doing this?
Woodstock didn't have spacers on either side, and from what I know (which may not be enough) this type of bearing assembly doesn't have one.
From my experience, which may not be correct, but was over 25 of ownership without a wheel falling off:
There is no 'torque' as such applied to the nut. It's done up tight to get everything home then backed off, a lock hole and a castellation to insert the split pin. You spin the wheel as you do this, with the nut tight, feel the bearings binding, and as you slacken, it frees off. There should be just perceptible play with the wheel on - you won't feel the play without with just a hub, and the bearing will be much too loose.
The bearing tightens up with heat, hence the play, and there is a picture of a +8 where the wheel, and hub has just fallen off in the Colin Musgrove book, "Moggie" along with similar advice to the above that I've always gone on.
Added - there are other types of bearings for non-driven front wheels, I believe Mercedes uses one of them where the hub nut is most certainly torqued up to quite a high figure. Front wheel drive front bearings are different again.
Last edited by Martyn Culling; 15/09/13 08:19 AM. Reason: added a bit
