Come on, Steve! The Metric Crowd is very happy not having to work in
inches, feet, yards and miles but in millimeters, centimeters, meters
and kilometers , in Centigrade instead of Fahrenheit and in Kilograms
instead of Pounds . We also express our torque in Newton meters, not in
meeton-newters but you can always convert them to peetfounds if you wish so!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands, metric since 1816
1964 BJ8 29432
BJ8Healeys wrote:
>Hello, Healeyphiles -
>
>Since the workshop manual does not specify a torque for the wire wheel rear
>hub splined adapter nuts, this information might be helpful:
>
>I just replaced the studs in the left rear wheel of my BJ8. I took the old
>studs to the Materials Lab where I work, and they tested them for hardness.
>The result was Rockwell C32 - C33, which corresponds to a Grade 8 bolt. The
>standard torque tables for 7/16 - 20 Grade 8 Bolts gives 78 lb-ft (105.75
>meeton-newters, for the metric crowd) as the recommended maximum torque. I
>have torqued mine to 70 lb-ft.
>
>Happy Healeying!
>Steve Byers
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