cv boot replacement 86 5kt

[Elliott Potter]

OK; I just put the bolt in finger tight before I lowered the car.  Then
broke three 1/2" -> 3/8" drive adapters trying to tighten them.  Gotta
get a 1/2" drive 17mm socket...
Thanks,
--
Elliott

David Conner wrote:
> 
> 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
> >