cv boot replacement 86 5kt

[David Conner]

Finger tight would be OK, but you can't tighten til the car starts to fall
off the jack stands, then lower onto the ground for final torque.  I think
even 50 ft lbs would be too much.
Dave C.

At 03:22 PM 4/23/01 -0400, you wrote:
>David Conner wrote:
>> 
>> 9.  Do not move the car, even by rolling it, with the axle shaft out.
>> You'll ruin a bearing in there.
>> 
>> Right!
>> And don't tighten the axle nut, not even part way, until the wheels are on
>> and the car is sitting on the ground, cause you would destroy the bearing.
>
>Ummmm.... uhhh.... uh-oh ... not even a little bit?  Like finger tight? 
>I mean I didn't want to set the car down with nothing there, you know? 
>It just seemed ... wrong.
>--
>Elliott
>